Restriction of public health policy: a challenge for transsexuals in primary

Abstract

Abstract Objective to identify and discuss the reasons that hinder or restrict transsexuals’ accessibility to primary health services. Method original research with a qualitative approach. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted with transsexuals between December 2018 and March 2019. Bardin’s thematic content analysis was used. Results the following thematic categories emerged from data analysis: Low resolution and multiple barriers to access of transsexuals to primary health care; Non-inclusion and self-exclusion: the explicit non-belonging to the Unified Health System. Conclusion and implication for practice the non-recognition of transsexuals as citizens with the right to access health care, abjections by the transsexual body, prejudice and lack of value are factors that restrict this population to health system. This difficulty reverberates in an important challenge to be overcome by transsexuals in the search for qualified care. For practice, it is understood the importance of bringing to the center of discussions, in all spheres of health care, issues about values, principles and social morals that are intertwined in health professionals’ conduct and performance.