Inclusao da pessoa com deficiencia em um Centro de Referencia em DST/AIDS de um municipio baiano/Inclusion of persons with disabilities in a Reference Center for STD / AIDS of a town in Bahia, Brazil/Inclusion de personas con discapacidad en un Centro de Referencia en ETS / SIDA de una ciudad de Bahia, Brasil

• Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem Vol. 66; no. 2; p. 208
• Main Authors: Sales, Alessandra Santos, de Oliveira, Roberto Ferreira, de Araujo, Edna Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2013
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446

This qualitative study sought to ascertain the opinion of health professionals about the inclusion of people with disabilities in the activities of reception, prevention and treatment in a Reference Center for STD/AIDS. The data were submitted to Bardin's content analysis technique. The analysis showed that, professionals conduct their service in the sense of inclusion, seeking ways of communication to reach these people as the use of LIBRAS, matching the physical structure, equality of attendance and understanding of the vulnerabilities of this population. Despite the great importance of strategies adopted in facilitating a friendly service to people with disabilities, those strategies leave mostly from isolated and individually activities. It is needed an effective link among the service managers and political actors in the construction and adaptation of materials, programs and public policies to achieve equitable and inclusion of this population.