O Programa Saúde da Família no bairro do Bom Retiro, SP, Brasil: a comunicação entre bolivianos e trabalhadores de saúde

Abstract

This paper presents the analyzis of the interaction between the Family Health Program (PSF) and Bolivian immigrants in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, through specific experience. To this goal, semistructured interviews were conducted with Bolivians and healthcare workers at the Bom Retiro PSF, with the particular aim of ascertaining the dimensions of the worlds of work and housing and the great immigratory spatial mobility, thereby requiring flexibility within the cartographic logic of the PSF, with broadening of the concept of family and communicative strategies -hiring of a Bolivian healthcare agent, production of educational material in Spanish and use of Bolivian radio stations -, which would have the capacity to be translated into improved healthcare services.

Evidence on tuberculosis in migrants at Brazil's international borders: A scoping review

“… Migration and tuberculosis transmission in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study in a central area of São Paulo, Brazil 2018 Brazil ( Pescarini et al., 2017 ) Pescarini, J. M. et al. Migration to middle-income countries and tuberculosis -global policies for global economies 2017 Brazil ( Aguiar and Mota, 2014 ) Aguiar, M.E. ; Mota, A.…”

“…Most interviewees (65%) are in the 20 to 30 years age group, that is, young and in productive age. Immigrants’ accesses and qualification to the health public services The fastest growing migratory flows in contemporary Brazil It is possible that the occurrence of cases such as TB in Bolivian immigrants in Brazil can be explained considering the factors that impact the exit context, also because there are similar cases among Bolivian immigrants in Argentina; ( Aguiar and Mota, 2014 ) Three Bolivian immigrants, users of primary health care unit and six of the health professionals working there (manager, doctor, nurse, nursing technician and two community health workers, one of them Bolivian) Migrants’ accesses to primary health services The primary health care as immigrants gateway to meet health needs and the treatment of diseases such as TB The relationship of the Bolivian immigrant with the Primary care unity has a fundamental meaning. Actions to improve communication are related as the creation of educational material in the Spanish language, including issues related to TB among other diseases.…”

“…It has been shown that the relationship Bolivian immigrants with primary health care services in São Paulo - Brazil is fundamental for inclusion, since the SUS card becomes a kind of identification - often the first one received in Brazil ( Aguiar and Mota, 2014 ). Policies granting universal and free of charge access to health services for migrants have been a determining factor for the promotion of equity in health among migrants in large urban centers in Brazil and to reduce TB rates among these ( Pescarini et al., 2018 ).…”

Prática médica e imigração: o caso dos refugiados sírios na cidade de São Paulo

“…Com relação à utilização de USF localizadas na região central da cidade de São Paulo por imigrantes, temos o trabalho de Aguiar (2013Aguiar ( , 2014 sobre uma Unidade de Saúde da Família e os usuários coreanos e bolivianos. Em geral, os coreanos não usam os serviços públicos de saúde, recorrendo a convênios ou a clínicas particulares no Bom Retiro, onde são atendidos por médicos coreanos, o que facilita sua comunicação.…”