Estratégias de capacitação para potencialização da implementação da rede de cuidados à pessoa com deficiência

Abstract

People with disabilities are those who have physical, intellectual or sensory impairments that may limit their effective participation in society. Several policies have been put in place to guarantee the rights of this population. One of these is the Rede de Cuidado a Pessoas com Deficiência - (RCPD), which provides access to specific health services for people with disabilities at all levels of care. The aim of this study is to support and enhance the process of implementing the RCPD in the region covered by the Superintendência Regional de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. In order to achieve the proposed objective, it will carry out a diagnosis of the demand for and supply of services for people with disabilities, help to establish flows between levels of care and draw up training courses for managers and professionals linked to the RCPD in the municipalities involved. The registration data was obtained from publicly accessible information systems, by requesting access to information from the Ministry of Health and forms filled in by the technical references in each municipality.Based on the data collected, comparative tables and flow charts were constructed to illustrate the referrals. This dissertation gave rise to two articles, the results of which show a certain centralization of specialized care in the region, mainly in the areas of visual, auditory, and physical rehabilitation, where the only service available is located in Juiz de Fora, while the only decentralized service is in the area of intellectual rehabilitation, with services available in five municipalities. Furthermore, although the RCPD is structured and has defined referral flows for some rehabilitation modalities, it still faces significant challenges related to coordination between services, communication between levels of care, insufficient human and material resources, and communication difficulties in some municipalities between municipal references and management.