title: [Inclusion of persons with disabilities in a Reference Center for STD / AIDS of a town in Bahia, Brazil].
abstract: This qualitative study sought to ascertain the opinion of health professionals about the inclusion of people with disabilities in the activities of reception, prevention and treatment in a Reference Center for STD/AIDS. The data were submitted to Bardin's content analysis technique. The analysis showed that professionals conduct their service in the sense of inclusion, seeking ways of communication to reach these people as the use of LIBRAS, matching the physical structure, equality of attendance and understanding of the vulnerabilities of this population. Despite the great importance of strategies adopted in facilitating a friendly service to people with disabilities, those strategies leave mostly from isolated and individually activities. It is needed an effective link among the service managers and political actors in the construction and adaptation of materials, programs and public policies to achieve equitable and inclusion of this population.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Curso de Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos sobre Desigualdades em Saúde. Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil. sam_enf@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alessandra Santos
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Roberto Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Edna Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: de Araújo
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D001938:Brazil; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D054525:Minority Health; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014504:Urban Health