Access to health services for people with disabilities in communes 6, 7, and 8 of the municipality of San José de Cúcuta (Colombia), year 2022

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Soto Cespedes Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia
  • Cesar Augusto Montes Gallego Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia
  • Andrés Llanos Redondo Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.01.258.963

Keywords:

Person with disabilities, Human rights, Health care, Health services, Public Policy

Abstract

Introduction: This research allows describing the access and quality of health services, in terms of technical aids, supplies, medicines and rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in communes 6, 7 and 8 of the city of San José de Cúcuta, whose analysis makes contributions to the implementation of the disability policy for the construction of Public Policies on disability in the municipality. Materials and methods: The methodology used is quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional; the database of the initial record of persons with disabilities of the Mayor's Office of San José de Cúcuta was consulted.  

Results: Of the 99 persons with disabilities in communes 6, 7, and 8 of the municipality of San José de Cúcuta, 42.4 % are women and 57.5 % are men, aged 5.1% in early childhood (0-5 years); 21.2 % in infancy (6-11 years); 22.2 % in adolescence (12-18 years); 4.0 % in youth (19-26 years); 10.1 % in adulthood (27-59 years) and 37.4 % in the elderly (60 years or older).  

Discussion: Barriers in the access and quality of health care are evident, due to the fact that people with disabilities have presented delays in medical and specialized consultations, as well as difficulties in entering and moving around health centers and in their social environment. Demonstrating a debatable attention in terms of quality of the health system.  

Conclusions: From the perspective of people with disabilities, there is evidence of failures of opportunity and quality in access to technical aids, medicines, supplies and rehabilitation, which makes it important to generate strategies that allow compliance with public policy on disability and social inclusion; since the health conditions experienced by people with disabilities in communes 6, 7 and 8 of the municipality of San José de Cúcuta have little accessibility, barriers in the opportunity and quality in terms of access, technical aids, medication, rehabilitation and specialized care, which leads to a deficit in health care for this type of population. 

Author Biographies

Juan Carlos Soto Cespedes , Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia

Fonoaudiólogo, Universidad del Valle. Especialista en Practica Pedagógica Universitaria,
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. Magíster en Discapacidad, Universidad
Autónoma de Manizales. Docente Universidad de los Llanos, Grupo de
investigación Gerencia y Atención en Salud –GYAS, Facultad de Ciencias de la
Salud, Programa de Fonoaudiología. jsoto@unillanos.edu.co.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-9123.
CVLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/
cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001372906.

Cesar Augusto Montes Gallego, Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia

Fonoaudiólogo, Universidad del Valle. Especialista en Práctica Pedagógica Universitaria,
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. Docente Universidad de los Llanos,
Grupo de investigación Gerencia y Atención en Salud –GYAS, Facultad de Ciencias
de la Salud, Programa de Fonoaudiología. cmontes@unillanos.edu.co. ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4956-2771. CVLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001371382.

Andrés Llanos Redondo, Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia

Fonoaudiólogo, Universidad de Pamplona. Especialista en Pedagogía e Investigación
en el Aula, Universidad de la Sabana. Magíster en Salud Publica, Universidad
Adventista de Chile. Docente Universidad de Pamplona. Grupo Comunicación Humana, Facultad de Salud, Programa de Fonoaudiología, Universidad de Pamplona.
andres.llanos@unipamplona.edu.co.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-8935.
CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001400461.

Published

2024-02-29

How to Cite

Soto Cespedes , J. C., Montes Gallego, C. A. ., & Llanos Redondo, A. (2024). Access to health services for people with disabilities in communes 6, 7, and 8 of the municipality of San José de Cúcuta (Colombia), year 2022. Salud Uninorte, 40(1), 69–96. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.01.258.963

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