| Revista: | Revista médica de Chile |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000449344 |
| ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
| Autores: | Carvajal, Bielka1 Rebolledo, Jame2 Flández, Ninoska1 Fariña, Tania1 Sierralta, Vianney34 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidad de Chile, Escuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura, Santiago de Chile. Chile 2Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile. Chile 3Fundación Nellie Zabel, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
| Año: | 2021 |
| Volumen: | 149 |
| Número: | 9 |
| Paginación: | 1317-1321 |
| País: | Chile |
| Idioma: | Español |
| Tipo de documento: | Nota breve o noticia |
| Enfoque: | Descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | The COVID-19 pandemic threatened the accessibility and response of healthcare systems worldwide. People with disabilities face specific access challenges to healthcare services and to healthcare information in accessible formats. Aim: To explore how deaf women acceded to information and sexual and reproductive health care during the first wave of COVID-19. Material and Methods: Sixty-one women with a median age of 32 years diagnosed with deafness and hearing loss were surveyed using an online questionnaire about access to healthcare information and midwifery care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Forty-nine percent of respondents lived in the Metropolitan Region. Sixty-eight percent of respondents mentioned that information about COVID-19 was not accessible for them. The main source of information that they used to learn about the pandemic were videos made by deaf people available on the internet. Seventy-five percent of women reported that they had not received accessible information about sexual and reproductive health, and 70.0% of women requiring midwife care could not book an appointment. Conclusions: The pandemic generated a crisis in the Chilean healthcare system that demands a new strategy to ensure people's healthcare access. People with disabilities such as those herein studied are marginalized when these new policies are being discussed and implemented. Decision-makers and sexual and reproductive health services must improve their strategies to allow women with disabilities, particularly deaf women gain access |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Salud pública, Acceso a la salud, Salud reproductiva, COVID-19, Parteras |
| Keyword: | Public health, Health access, Reproductive health, COVID-19, Midwives |
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