Resumo:
This thesis comprehend the sense construction of prostitutes about the right to integral healthcare and
the access to unities of Health Unit System – SUS. The perspective used in this thesis is the social
psychology based on constructionist. It has the purpose to analyse the stigmatization process lived by
these women everyday, considering gender, social class, race, as well as identifing the strategies used
to access SUS health units. In the first moment, I describe my professional trajectory, that is justified
by my interest in the study. In the first part, the introduction, I argue about prostitution and the
invisibility lived by this woman to access SUS. I do the literature review at the second part, where
theoretical and epistemological foundation are organized. In the third part, I explain the study objects,
as well as the theoretical reference based in the fourth part where are the discution about the
contructionist and social Psychology perspectives with an emphasis on prostitution and its interfaces
This is an exploratory, qualitative research which seven prostitutes were interviewed in historical
center of Salvador. The analyse os informations is focused in the sixth part. The interview
transcriptions uncorver the sense about the access to healthcare systems produzed by these women.
As well as the stablished strategies fo basic operationalization os this access. In the seventh part, it is
some considerations that highlight the need for thinking about care practices considering prostitutes’
subjectivities. It has as foundation the respect for diferences in life, reducing the difficulties,
increasing access and allowing the garante of her rights, free from any type of prejudice and/or
discrimination.
