Strengthening the inclusion of people with disabilities in the health system in Brazil

• Grant number: 17/50358-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research in Public Policies
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: December 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Agreement: CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil ; MRC, UKRI
• Principal Investigator: Christina May Moran de Brito
• Grantee: Christina May Moran de Brito
• Principal researcher abroad: Hannah Elizabeth Kuper
• Institution abroad: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Partner institutions: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM)
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/07746-4 - Strengthening the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the health system in Brazil, BP.TT; 19/09824-2 - Strengthening the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the health system in Brazil, BP.TT

Abstract

The prevalence of disability is significant all over the world, and it is expected to rise further as population ages, health behaviors worsen and often disabling chronic conditions prevail. Evidence shows that people with disabilities have higher healthcare needs and that these are often not met. They are found to experience poorer access to health services and worst health outcomes than people without disabilities, especially in low and middle income countries, such as Brazil. Although Brazilian policy and law strongly supports the inclusion of people with disabilities in the health system, the Zika epidemic revealed gaps in access to mainstream health care and specialized rehabilitation services. There are multiple benefits in improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in the health system, but evidence on what we need to promote it is still lacking. This research is predominantly exploratory and descriptive in focus, and its approach is multi-disciplinary and uses mixed-methods to collect and analyses data. The project is expected to produce recommendations for stakeholders for the strengthening of the inclusion of people with disabilities and provision of rehabilitation within the Brazilian health system, and to propose standard indicators for measuring access to health care and inclusion of people with disabilities within the health system. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VERONIKA REICHENBERGER; MARIA DO SOCORRO VELOSO DE ALBURQUERQUE; RENATA BERNARDES DAVID; VINÍCIUS DELGADO RAMOS; TEREZA MACIEL LYRA; CHRISTINA MAY MORAN DE BRITO; LUCIANA SEPÚLVEDA KÖPTCKE; HANNAH KUPER. O desafio da inclusão de pessoas com deficiência na estratégia de enfrentamento à pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde, v. 29, n. 5, 2020-11-27. (17/50358-0)

REICHENBERGER, VERONIKA; VELOSO DE ALBURQUERQUE, MARIA SOCORRO; DAVID, RENATA BERNARDES; RAMOS, VINICIUS DELGADO; LYRA, TEREZA MACIEL; MORAN DE BRITO, CHRISTINA MAY; KOPTCKE, LUCIANA SEPULVEDA; KUPER, HANNAH. The challenge of including people with disabilities in the strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE, v. 29, n. 5, 2020. (17/50358-0)

KARINA APARECIDA PADILHA CLEMENTE; SIMONE VIEIRA DA SILVA; GISLENE INOUE VIEIRA; MARITSA CARLA DE BORTOLI; TEREZA SETSUKO TOMA; VINÍCIUS DELGADO RAMOS; CHRISTINA MAY MORAN DE BRITO. Barreiras ao acesso das pessoas com deficiência aos serviços de saúde: uma revisão de escopo. Revista de Saúde Pública, v. 56, 2022-07-01. (17/50358-0)

SIMONE VIEIRA DA SILVA; VERONIKA REICHENBERGER; GISLENE INOUE VIEIRA; KARINA APARECIDA PADILHA CLEMENTE; VINÍCIUS DELGADO RAMOS; CHRISTINA MAY MORAN DE BRITO. Repercussões da pandemia de COVID-19 nos serviços de saúde para pessoas com deficiência: relato dos profissionais de reabilitação. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 39, n. 6, 2023-06-26. (17/50358-0)