Um levantamento bibliográfico sobre indígenas surdos e o acesso aos serviços de saúde

Abstract

The aim of the research was to carry out a brief bibliographic survey about works that point out how health care has been provided to indigenous people and deaf people in the country, considering that interaction is of paramount importance for the process of medical prescription and, also, considering the absence of professional Libras interpreters in this context. Thus, the objective is to present the investigation carried out with the survey of academic productions, identified from a survey carried out by the Google Scholar search engine, registered between 2010 and 2021. This time frame was established with a view to creating the Special Health Secretariat Indigenous People (Sesai), in 2010, and the promulgation of Law No. 13,146/2015, the Brazilian Law of Inclusion (LBI). In the analysis of the work, the importance and relevance of to carry out research on the health of deaf indigenous people, in the sense from raising awareness in the broader field of health to valuing and respecting diversity linguistic and cultural of deaf indigenous communities, also guaranteeing access bilingual access to medical and public health care for this population.