INTERSECTIONALITY AND BARRIERS IN BLACK MEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES: A SCOPING REVIEW

Abstract

The history of Brazil, based on the structure of inequality, has assigned to certain segments of society a marginalized position in relation to public policies, exemplified by the black population. Objective: To search the scientific literature for the state of the art on evidence regarding black men's access to Brazilian health services. Method: Scoping Review Study, following the review method proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), whose guiding question was: What is the state of the art of evidence about the barriers in access to health faced by black men in Brazil? Searches were performed in the PubMed, LILACS, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. The search strategy was developed with the following terms in PubMed: ("Racism" OR Prejudice OR "SystemicRacism") AND ("Black People" OR "EthnicViolence" OR "Black or African American") AND ("Health Systems" OR "Unified Health System") AND (Brazil OR Brazilian), the same strategy was adapted to the other databases. Results: A total of 1654 studies were found, of which 543 were excluded that were duplicated, leaving 1111 studies. During the stage of reading titles and abstracts, 477 were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria of this research, followed by 627 articles that did not meet the eligibility criteria, thus leaving 9 articles for analysis. Conclusion: With regard to the national reality, there are few studies on the population's perception of racism in health in the country, which are not reduced to a single social marker of difference, but several, which are intertwined and act in a complex way in the production of inequalities. It should be noted, however, that, in recent years, the theme of the relationship between color/race and health has gained visibility and is being incorporated by researchers in the field of public health.