Izabella Bezerra de Lima Moura

Situações de violência contra travestis e transexuais em um município do nordeste brasileiro

Objective To analyze cases of violence against transvestites and transsexuals based on their sociodemographic profile. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive research performed in Cajazeiras / Paraíba, consisting of 16 transvestites and transsexuals. Data collection took place in April 2014 and was analyzed descriptively. Results The typology of violence that victimized transvestites and transsexuals were: verbal (91.96%), psychological (58.33%) and physical (33.33%), often between 24 hours and six months preceding the survey. Regarding the spatiality: the street, school and health services were all scenarios of aggression. With respect to the offending agent, the findings point towards neighbors, family members and health professionals. All forms of violence happened between agents and spaces of aggression. Conclusions Violence among this population, silence around the situations of abuse became more pronounced as did its invisibility in the social and institutional context, reflecting the inhibition of human rights and concealment of reality.Objective To analyze cases of violence against transvestites and transsexuals based on their sociodemographic profile. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive research performed in Cajazeiras / Paraiba, consisting of 16 transvestites and transsexuals. Data collection took place in April 2014 and was analyzed descriptively. Results The typology of violence that victimized transvestites and transsexuals were: verbal (91.96%), psychological (58.33%) and physical (33.33%), often between 24 hours and six months preceding the survey. Regarding the spatiality: the street, school and health services were all scenarios of aggression. With respect to the offending agent, the findings point towards neighbors, family members and health professionals. All forms of violence happened between agents and spaces of aggression. Conclusions Violence among this population, silence around the situations of abuse became more pronounced as did its invisibility in the social and institutional context, reflecting the inhibition of human rights and concealment of reality.

Health care needs of physically, hearing or visually impaired people: a methodological study

Aim: To evaluate the health care needs of people with disabilities (PWD), hearing or visual through the development and construction of an instrument which is validated by the Delphi technique. Methods: This is a methodological development study, which was held in three specialized institutions for disabled people in Mossoro, RN, between 2014 and 2017. The study has 2 stages: I - Identification of the health care needs of the PWD through an integrative literature review; II - Development and validation of the Assessment Tool for Health Care Needs of Physically, Hearing or Visually Impaired People (ATHCN-PWDPHV) regarding its content and reliability and application of the toll in people with disabilities. The first two will be based on opinions of judges and on the Content Validity Index, and the last on the Alfa Cronbach. The SPSS software will run chi-squared and Fishers exact tests in order to do the researchs descriptive analysis. It is hoped that the results found will contribute to the health planning of PWD.