Fatores associados à procura por serviços de saúde numa perspectiva relacional de gênero

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"Male culture values involve risk beha- viors to health, since the way men perceive and experience their masculinity is one of the most influential shapers of falling sick and dying. The scope of this study was to identify the factors asso- ciated with the demand for health services and differences between the sexes by selecting users of health services. The dependent variables were sex of the user (cultural indicator) and failure to seek out health services. Independent variables inclu- ded socio-demographic and clinical-epidemiolo- gical characteristics. The Prevalence Ratio studi- ed by univariate and multivariate analysis was used in the analysis of the association between variables. The factors associated with non-demand for health services included: being male, hours of operation of health care facilities, working hours of the user and not having any disease. By multi- variate analysis the factors facilitating demand for health services (protection) were: being fema- le aged 26 to 49 years. Effective consolidation of a health care model that questions the contradicti- on that exists between the epidemiological data regarding men’s health and the position of the health services using common sense regarding the apparent invulnerability of men to falling sick is of great relevance."