Access of the black population to health services: integrative review

• Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem Vol. 73; no. 4; p. e20180834
• Main Authors: Silva, Nelma Nunes da, Favacho, Veronica Batista Cambraia, Boska, Gabriella de Andrade, Andrade, Emerson da Costa, Merces, Neuri Pires das, Oliveira, Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese; English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2020
• Subjects: accesibilidad a los servicios de salud; African Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; atención primaria de salud; grupo de ascendencia continental africana; Health Services Accessibility - standards; Humans; política de salud; salud de las minorías étnicas
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0834

demonstrate and discuss how the black population's access to health services occurs Methods: integrative literature review with the following question: How does the black population's access to health services occur? The search was carried out in the Scholar, LILACS and SciELO databases and used the descriptor "access to health services" and the term "population," resulting in a sample with twelve articles. studies show that the difficulty of access is a fundamental factor for the quality of life of people, directly compromising preventive services, especially for women's health and, in addition, it has significant impact on the illness process of the black population within its particularities. Final Considerations: several limiting factors compromise the black population's access to health services, including institutional and structural factors.