title: [Public health policies for the intellectually disabled in Brazil: an integrative review].
abstract: This study presents an integrative review of the scientific literature and federal legislation on public health policies for intellectually disabled in Brazil. Nine articles, published in the PubMed, Scopus, Virtual Health Library and Web of Science databases between 2002 and 2012, were selected. Based on the references of these studies, 6 other articles were identified, totaling 15 studies in the review. Forty-one federal laws produced between 2002 and 2012 were identified. The documents were analyzed and categorized according to the main themes of socioeconomic conditions, violence, mental health, ethics, health needs, health promotion and prevention. From the scientific standpoint, non-specific discussions were observed where intellectual disability was examined with other types of handicaps or concomitantly with other Latin American countries. From the legal standpoint, although laws related to health have been located, there is a lack of studies that address the effectiveness and level of implementation of the proposed policies. The increase in research in this area is a demand of the disabled population itself, and will reveal their specific health needs, and will also support issues such as prevention, promotion, diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, dgmelo@ufiscar.br.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Victor Viana
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Tomaz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, dgmelo@ufiscar.br.
authors.forename: Thiago Lusivo
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, dgmelo@ufiscar.br.
authors.forename: David Bui
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Van
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, dgmelo@ufiscar.br.
authors.forename: Débora Gusmão
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D011634:Public Health