Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
This is a descriptive and exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, which aims to describe the health care of women deprived of their liberty in a prision in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. A sociodemographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data, which was carried out between July and August 2023 with six health professionals, two psychology students, and two police officers working in a women’s prison. The textual content of the interviews was subjected to lexicographic analysis using Iramuteq software and analyzed in the light of the relevant literature. Three categories emerged: Health profile of women deprived of their liberty; Profile of care for women deprived of their liberty; and The interface between management and health care for women deprived of their liberty. It was concluded that the health care of women deprived of their liberty is permeated by significant challenges, including the lack of health promotion and prevention actions; the lack of structure, human resources and supplies within prisons; and the difficulty of escorts and bottlenecks in the operationalization of the Health Care Network outside prisons. Added to this is the lack of coordination between municipal and state management when it comes to implementing current legislation.
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