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