Unified Health System for everyone, for the poor or for anyone? The view of Physical Education students

UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR EVERYONE, FOR THE POOR OR FOR ANYONE? THE VIEW OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2021.43.11620

Keywords:

Unified Health System, Physical Education and Training, Universalization of Health, Integrality in Health.

Abstract

The objective was to verify the view os physical education students (PES) about who should have the right to access Unified Health System (UHS) (“for all, “for the poor” or “for no one”) in general and in specific actions/services. 349 students (216 freshman and 133 graduates) from three public universities in Paraná answered a semi-structured questionnaire. The main questions assessed the PES’s view of the principle of universality, in general (from a general question about what access should be) and for 11 specific services/actions. In the data analysis, frequency analysis and the chi-square test (p≤0,05) were used. The majority (85,4%) considered that access to SUS should be “for everyone” (with no difference between freshmen and graduating students, p=0,090), while 12,9% considered that it should be “for the poor” and 1,7% “for no one”. As to access in a more specific way, the graduates presented more responses “for all” about who should have access to the 11 services/actions offered by UHS than those freshman.  It is concluded that a high percentage of PES considers that access to UHS should be universal, but a limited view on the services/actions that should be “for all”.

 

Author Biographies

Joamara de Oliveira Pimentel, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Mestra em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Ana Maria Rigo Silva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Doutora em Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo.

Docente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Lucélia Justino Borges, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutora em Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

Docente do Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Silvano da Silva Coutinho, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Doutor em Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.

Docente do Departamento de Educação Física da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste.

Mathias Roberto Loch, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Doutor em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Docente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Published

2021-10-04

How to Cite

Pimentel, J. de O., Silva, A. M. R., Borges, L. J., Coutinho, S. da S., & Loch, M. R. (2021). Unified Health System for everyone, for the poor or for anyone? The view of Physical Education students: UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR EVERYONE, FOR THE POOR OR FOR ANYONE? THE VIEW OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. Context and Health Journal, 21(43), 225–239. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2021.43.11620

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Section

Educação & Saúde