Hardships faced by the trans population in the access to health services: an integrative literature review

The access to health services is a constitutional right of all people. This article aimed to carry out an integrative review about the difficulties faced by the trans population to access health services. 15 articles, published from 2012 to 2021, were found in the databases Índice Bibliográfico Espa...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Vieira, Mariana da Silva, Araújo, Raíssa Cinthia Gomes de, Medeiros, Danuta
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositório:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/35019
Acesso em linha:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/35019
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Servicios de Salud
Personas Transgénero
Servicios de Salud para las Personas Transgénero
Accesibilidad a los servicios de salud.
Transgender Persons
Gender Identity
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Health services accessibility.
Pessoas Transgênero
Identidade de Gênero
Serviços de Saúde para Pessoas Transgênero
Acesso aos serviços de saúde.
Descrição
Resumo:The access to health services is a constitutional right of all people. This article aimed to carry out an integrative review about the difficulties faced by the trans population to access health services. 15 articles, published from 2012 to 2021, were found in the databases Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). To discuss the results, four categories of analysis were created: Overview of Legislation Milestones on the Rights of the Trans Population; Stigma and Discrimination Against the Trans Population; The Binary and Biological Logic that Considers Transsexuality as a Pathology and the Lack of Effective Health Services and Professional Practices in the Attention to the Trans Population. We concluded that rejecting the plural experiences of trans people in the access to health services and pathways hinders the qualified assistance from professionals and institutions, be they public or private, putting this population at risk and making preventive actions targeted at integral healthcare more difficult to achieve. We argue that it is necessary to create practices in health in both the public sphere and society as a whole, guaranteeing rights and reducing prejudice.