Analysis of women's demand for health services market workers

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https://doi.org/10.21727/rpu.v16i2.5496

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Studies indicate that women are the main users of the Unified Health System (SUS), however, the challenges to ensure the health of these women are continuous, especially when considering market workers without social security rights, with work activity in conditions of stress, financial variability and inadequate nutrition. The general objective was to analyze the demand for health services by women workers in a municipal market. This is an epidemiological, census-based, survey-type study (cross-sectional and individual) developed with baseline data from a cohort study. A total of 263 market workers participated in the study, of which 32 of them sought health services in the last few weeks, which represents 12.2%. Only the variable marital status showed a statistical association, revealing that married women (14.7%) seek health services more than unmarried women (7.5%), with statistical significance (p = 0034). The analysis of the main results reveals a low prevalence of demand for health services by market workers. The little or no demand for care in health services is one of the challenges that needs to be understood as a determinant given its influence on the quality of life and health promotion of the stallholders.

Keywords: Working Women. Health Services. Informal Sector.

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Alexandre de Almeida Soares, Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)

Discente do curso de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado da Bahia-UNEB, Guanambi, Bahia, Brasil. 

Laís de Souza Porto Porto , Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)

Discente do curso de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado da Bahia-UNEB, Guanambi, Bahia, Brasil.

Tarcísio Viana Cardoso, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB)

Discente do curso de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde – Nível Doutorado, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia-UESB, Jequié, Bahia, Brasil.  

Dorival Fagundes Cotrim Junior, Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)

Docente do curso de Enfermagem, Doutor em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-UERJ e Doutor em Direito pela Potifícia Universidade Católica - PUC Rio, Universidade do Estado da Bahia-UNEB, Guanambi, Bahia, Brasil. 

Adriana Alves Nery, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB)

Docente do curso de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde- Nível Doutorado, Doutora em Enfermagem pela Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia-UESB, Jequié, Brasil.

Marcela Andrade Rios, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB)

Docente do curso de Enfermagem, Doutora em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia-UESB, Universidade do Estado da Bahia-UNEB, Guanambi, Bahia, Brasil. 

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2025-07-19

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): Revista Pró-UniverSUS V 16 N 2

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Copyright (c) 2025 Alexandre de Almeida Soares, Laís de Souza Porto , Tarcísio Viana Cardoso, Dorival Fagundes Cotrim Junior, Adriana Alves Nery, Marcela Andrade Rios

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