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- Title
The disabled and Public Policy: the gap between intentions and actions.
- Authors
Nogueira, Giovani Cavalheiro; Schoeller, Soraia Dornelles; de Souza Ramos, Flávia Regina; Padilha, Maria Itayra; de Farias Brehmer, Laura Cavalcanti; Borges Marques, Ana Maria Fernandes
- Abstract
This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, establishing the epidemiological profile of people with physical disabilities resident in the municipality of Florianópolis, in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, and analyzing it in relation to the public policies related to that population. The minimum sample was determined by a statistical calculation, considering the population of the municipality with disabilities, according to data from the 2010 Population Census. The data were collected using an electronic form installed in mobile devices and stored at an online provider. The data were analyzed and handled with the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. A total of 139 questionnaires were processed. A separation of the results was made using these categories: Individual attributes; Social attributes; and Characteristics related to disability. As well as the descriptive profile of the disabled people, the study analyses and discusses the distance, worldwide and in Brazil, between the proposals for public policies and the actual actions of care directed towards the rights of these people. The conclusion is that there is a fundamental need to act in relation to the real needs of this population and consolidate proposals for health promotion, health protection and health rehabilitation for them.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PEOPLE with disabilities; GOVERNMENT policy; HEALTH promotion; MEDICAL rehabilitation; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 10, p3131
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-812320152110.17622016