Políticas públicas de saúde: a saúde da mulher com endometriose no Estado da Paraíba

Abstract

The present study has the scope of analyzing Brazilian public policies in women's health care, more specifically women with endometriosis in the State of Paraíba, its applicability, repercussion and necessity for law and society. The study was carried out through bibliographical and documentary research and data research. Books and articles by jurists and scholars in the areas of law and health were consulted, academic works - thesis and dissertation, without forgetting the reading and study of the relevant Brazilian legislation, by digital means and Google Scholar, and also, data from the Health Department of the State of Paraíba and the Municipality of João Pessoa. Public policies are guarantee mechanisms for the rights of citizens to be put into effect, the right to health is a right to the protection of life and women, throughout their history, need to fight every day to have their rights exercised, health is included in this fight. Endometriosis is a disease considered a public health issue, as declared by the World Health Organization and is present in the lives of one in ten Brazilian women, not only physically, but socially, economically and psychologically. From this work, it is evident that there are few public policies for the health of women with endometriosis and it is only recently that Brazilian legislation has given due attention to this cause.