Entraves enfrentados pelas mulheres encarceradas para garantia do direito à saúde

Abstract

Introduction: The population deprived of liberty is a social group in a situation of vulnerability, and women in prison face challenges related to health and well-being conditions. Objective: to describe the obstacles faced by women to guarantee the right to health in the female prison system. This is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach carried out after the approval of the research ethics committee, CAAE 94664418.7.0000.5013. The target population of this study were women in prison. The collection took place through a contact made in order to explain the objective of the study, to survey the possible participants of the research, as well as to give the necessary clarifications about the execution of the research and the signing of the Informed Consent Form (ICF). Results: the participants of this study are women in a situation of vulnerability, composed of young, brown, single, low education and smokers. They have an altered sleep pattern, which is affected by seclusion. In addition, the results show that daily nursing activities include rapid testing, gynecological consultations, health education and preventive care; however, medical care is curative. In relation to assistance and access to comprehensive health care services, it is limited, as well as health promotion and prevention, shortage in the number of penitentiary agents and nutritious foods, lack of nursing autonomy, and delay in results, diagnoses and treatment of diseases in the prison environment. Conclusion: This study reveals the importance of establishing concrete and effective strategies to guarantee the right to access services, prevention, promotion and comprehensive care for women's health in the prison system that is being neglected.