RESUMEN
Men who have sex with men who suffer stigmatization and discrimination become more fragile in facing life's problems, such as the search for treatment in health services. In the present study, the social aspects related to discrimination and violence among men who have sex with men in Belém, Pará, are evaluated. Data were obtained by applying the respondent-driven sampling method to recruit 349 participants aged 18 years or older and who reported having had at least one sexual relationship with a man in the last 12 months. Data were collected from June to December 2016 in a semi-structured interview. Five seeds were initially recruited who applied RDS. The vast majority were between 18 and 35 years old, had completed elementary school but not high school, and were of mixed race. Almost a third lived in peripheral neighborhoods and were employed/self-employed. Additionally, most participants reported having suffered aggression/discrimination, more often in religious contexts, with family or in health services. The findings reported here may contribute to the development of public policies aimed at this population and indicate the need for new strategies to combat sexually transmitted infections, stigma, and discrimination suffered by this population.
RESUMEN
Há muitas razões que impedem atendimento pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) dos desejos e demandas do cidadão-usuário por bens ou por prestações de serviços de saúde. Geralmente, isto desemboca em ações judiciais por medicamentos e insumos, nas quais o deferimento de liminares, em face da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Pará, é corriqueiro, geralmente por meio de petições do Ministério Público. Estudos empíricos que avaliam o impacto financeiro e as consequências sanitárias dessas demandas são escassos ou inexistentes no Estado do Pará e seus municípios. Essa escassez de bases referenciais justifica a realização do presente estudo, o qual busca detalhar quantitativa e qualitativamente as demandas judiciais individuais de assistência a saúde contra o Estado do Pará iniciadas entre janeiro de 2011 a dezembro de 2013. Aplica-se, para isso. a metodologia do estudo empírico, transversal, baseado na análise de dados qualitativos e quantitativos extraídos dos autos dos processos judiciais dessas demandas, bem como se utilizam do Manual de Indicadores de Avaliação e Monitoramento das Demandas Judiciais de Medicamentos. Os resultados obtidos servem como parâmetros para a reformulação da política e gestão da assistência farmacêutica, de forma a minimizar seus efeitos e melhorar o acesso do cidadão ao medicamento/insumos para a saúde dentro do Estado
There are many reasons that prevent the attendance by the Unified Health System (SUS) from the desires and demands of the citizen-user for goods or for the provision of health care services. Generally, this leads to lawsuits for medicines and supplies, where the granting of injunctions, facing the Secretary of health of the Para State, is commonplace. usually by petitions of the Prosecutor's Office. Empirical studies that evaluate the financial impact and the health consequences of those demands are sparse 01' non-existent in the Para State and its counties. This lack of referential bases justifies the accomplishing of this study, which seeks quantitative and qualitative detail the individual lawsuits against the health service of the Para State initiated from January 2011 to December 2013. Applies, for that. the methodology of empirical study, transversal. based on the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data extracted from the record of the court proceedings of those demands, as well as use of Evaluation lndicators Manual and Monitoring of the Litigation for Medicines. The results obtained serve as parameters for the reformulation of the policy and management of pharmaceutical assistance, with the purpose to minimize its effects and improve citizen access to the medicine/health inputs in the State