Saberes e experiências dos enfermeiros acerca dos cuidados às mulheres homossexuais na Atenção Básica.

Abstract

Female homosexuality is constantly permeated by invisibility in the field of public health, since there are still many misunderstandings about their health needs and sexual practices. There.fore, the objective of this study was to identify, from the nurses' speeches, the knowledge and care provided to homosexual women in Primary Care. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, developed with nurses working in the Primary Care service of Cajazeiras, Paraíba. The research started after approval of the project by the Research Ethics Committee under seem n° 4.143.845. For data collection, a semi-structured interview was conducted, and for the analysis of the data obtained, the methodological process of the Collective Subject Discourse proposed by Lefèvre e Lefèvre, obtaining three themes and seven categories from the interview questions. All stages of the research faithfully followed Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council. With regard to the nurses' knowledge about the care provided to homosexual women, guidance without direction was identified, as well as distorted conceptions about the irrelevance of the need for a specific care plan, and the fragility in the knowledge about public policies involving this group, as well as intervening factors in the care of homosexual women. Therefore, it is understood the need to work on permanent education for the deconstruction, reflection and empowerment of nurses regarding the knowledge that involves targeted health actions, in order to guarantee a resolutive and quality assistance, making these women feel feel welcomed and safe.