Assistência às pessoas transexuais na atenção primária à saúde: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Objetivo: To identify scientific evidence about the health care of transsexual people in Primary Health Care. Method: integrative literature review in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubMed) and Brasil Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) For the search, we used, the combination of descriptors used in LILACS was as follows: ("transgender women")" OR "(transsexual men")" OR "("sexual and gender minorities") AND ("Primary Care")" OR ("Primary Care")" AND "("Health Care")"PubMed and LILACS, in the period 2011 to 2022.Data collection occurred in the months of April and May 2021. The sample consisted of 8 studies grouped into two categories of analysis: limited, fragmented and prejudiced attention (n=6). unpreparedness of professionals in the care of transsexual people (n=6); Results: scientific evidence shows that even in view of policies and legislation on the health of transsexuals/transgenders, there is still a lot of prejudice and stigma in the care provided in health services and this may be related to the unpreparedness of professionals working in Primary Health Care.Conclusion: Continuing health education with themes related to gender and sexuality and public policies for professionals can contribute to this population recognizing this place as the gateway to the Unified Health System and thus obtain better health conditions.