"Por trás das grades" : saúde da mulher no sistema carcerário.

Abstract

The health of woman in the prison system inhabits a paradox. The practices of health and the experiences counted by them make us reflect about the strategies of health adopted inside of prisons. The growth of female prison population has been increasing rising constantly in Brazil, and conditions of health in this local should be questioned. The objective of this study was know the scenario of care to health of woman in the prision system of a city in interior of Rio Grande do Sul. Identify the pratices of prevention to health adhered by women of prison system and in what form this occurs. Besides problematize aspects related to gestation, maternity, the maternal relations of these women and lastly, analyze aspects related to understanding that these women had of your health X deprivation of liberty. Wherein refers to methodological aspects It is of a study qualitative descriptive exploratory, that had your data collected from an semi structured interview, with 10 women that live private of liberty in the penitentiary system of Rio Grande do Sul. The analysis of data occurred from the use of maps of association of ideas and indicate that the medicalization it is pratice worrisome, and that many their not adopt habits of prevention and care with the health considering them some aspects important of life, was perceived also that the adhesion to prenatal is positive and the index of caesarean is very high between this group, so as in all the country. Besides that, was notoriously possible analyze how much this space presents a diversity of peculiarities that must be observed in the attention to health of woman.