title: [Symbolical violence in the access of disabled persons to basic health units].
abstract: A descriptive study which aimed to characterize the conditions of people with disabilities (PD) in the Basic Health Units-UBS. Data were collected in January 2009 in 20 UBSF. It was used digital camera and check list based on the 9050-NBR ABNT. The results showed: Access town - no traffic lights (100%) of lanes for pedestrians (100%), bumpy sidewalks (90%); Access in UBS: non-standard ports (30%) staircases without banisters (20%); floor outside the standard (75%), in disagreement with standard mobile (20%), drinking at odds with standard (55%), making it difficult to people with disabilities to use a filter (30%), has no drinking or filters (15%); telephones installed inadequately (55%); inaccessible restrooms (96%). Access to UBS of PD is permeated by the symbolic violence.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Departamento de Enfermagem,Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atenção em Saúde Coletiva, Campina Grande, PB. isxf@oi.com.br
authors.forename: Inacia Sátiro Xavier
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: de França
authors.forename: Lorita Marlena Freitag
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pagliuca
authors.forename: Rosilene Santos
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Eurípedes Gil
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: de França
authors.forename: Alexsandro Silva
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Coura
authors.forename: Jeová Alves
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Souza
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013561:Symbolism; D014754:Violence