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versão On-line ISSN 1727-8120
Resumo
PEZO JIMENEZ, Omar; PENALOZA DE LA TORRE, Ulises Massino; NINA CANARI, Michelle Yatzmin e VEGA LOAYZA, Jhandy Steven. Right to access to health in women's prison facilities in Peru. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2024, vol.24, n.2 Epub 02-Jun-2024. ISSN 1727-8120.
Introduction:
In Peru, women in prisons lack access to health due to the lack of public policies that lead to an inequality gap in said access. The objective of the research is to diagnose the situation of access to health services in women's penitentiary establishments in Peru during the year 2021.
Method:
A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with data from the 13 establishments, which constitute all of the women's penitentiary establishments in Peru. The results indicate that health care was concentrated in the prison region of Lima; it was found that regions that did not have permanent health professionals lacked adequate care.
Results:
Therefore, the importance of placing permanent health professionals in penitentiary centers is accentuated to guarantee care for women.
Discussion:
The peruvian state has not fulfilled its role as guarantor in relation to the fundamental right of access to health services by penitentiary entities for the benefit of all female inmates who make up the Women's Penitentiary Establishments in Peru. It is recommended, under the principles of reasonableness and proportionality, that it is more than urgent to define new guidelines for access to women's health, helping health personnel to carry out a preventive approach, with the ability to integrate the good culture of the penitentiary institution.
Palavras-chave : universal access to health care services; prisons; human rights; Perú.