title: The disabled and Public Policy: the gap between intentions and actions.
abstract: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, establishing the epidemiological profile of people with physical disabilities resident in the municipality of Florianópolis, in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, and analyzing it in relation to the public policies related to that population. The minimum sample was determined by a statistical calculation, considering the population of the municipality with disabilities, according to data from the 2010 Population Census. The data were collected using an electronic form installed in mobile devices and stored at an online provider. The data were analyzed and handled with the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. A total of 139 questionnaires were processed. A separation of the results was made using these categories: Individual attributes; Social attributes; and Characteristics related to disability. As well as the descriptive profile of the disabled people, the study analyses and discusses the distance, worldwide and in Brazil, between the proposals for public policies and the actual actions of care directed towards the rights of these people. The conclusion is that there is a fundamental need to act in relation to the real needs of this population and consolidate proposals for health promotion, health protection and health rehabilitation for them.
authors: Instituto Federal de Educação de Santa Catarina. Av. Mauro Ramos 950, Centro. 88020-300 Florianópolis SC Brasil. giovani@ifsc.edu.br.
authors: Giovani Cavalheiro
authors: GC
authors: Nogueira
authors: Departamento Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis SC Brasil.
authors: Soraia Dornelles
authors: SD
authors: Schoeller
authors: Departamento Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis SC Brasil.
authors: Flávia Regina de Souza
authors: FR
authors: Ramos
authors: Departamento Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis SC Brasil.
authors: Maria Itayra
authors: MI
authors: Padilha
authors: Departamento Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis SC Brasil.
authors: Laura Cavalcanti de Farias
authors: LC
authors: Brehmer
authors: Departamento Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis SC Brasil.
authors: Ana Maria Fernandes Borges
authors: AM
authors: Marques
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011640:Public Policy; D055815:Young Adult