Publications by authors named "Julia Clara de Pontes"
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- - The study aimed to explore how transsexual, travesti women, and non-binary or gender-fluid individuals (TGWT+) perceive and experience health services concerning pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- - Through 45 semi-structured interviews in São Paulo, researchers found that TGWT+ individuals redefined their struggles and health care practices, highlighting the ongoing challenges posed by both the HIV epidemic and the pandemic.
- - The research suggests that TGWT+ individuals actively engage with health services in meaningful ways, and emphasizes the need for more nuanced studies to enhance prevention and care strategies during health crises.
This paper aims to discuss the issue of diversity from its incorporation into the training of health professionals through the analysis of the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCN) of two Brazilian undergraduate health courses: medicine and psychology. Thus, it debates the concept of diversity from the contribution of the social sciences, considering the multiple concepts in the nature of social and cultural differences, breaking with essentialist concepts of difference. Reflecting on how diversity appears in the curricular guidelines of these courses, it analyzes from recent studies how this has been considered in training and the main challenges.
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