TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Liniker Scolfild Rodrigues da AU - Cruz, Lusanira Maria da Fonseca de Santa AU - Cunha Junior, Luiz Valério Soares da AU - Silva Filho, Hélio Monteiro da AU - Pereira, Danilo Martins Roque AU - Araújo, Ednaldo Cavalcante de PY - 2023/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Obstacles in the access to public health services by transvestites and transgender persons: an integrative review JF - Rev Rene JA - Rev Rene VL - 24 IS - 0 SE - Review Article DO - 10.15253/2175-6783.20232481811 UR - http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/81811 SP - e81811 AB - <p><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe obstacles to the access to health services of the transvestite and transgender population. Methods: integrative review, conducted from July to August 2022, in the following databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, Web of Science and SCOPUS. <strong>Results:</strong> 472 primary studies were found; however, at the end of the analysis process, 14 productions were included in the study. Obstacles to access to health were observed, such as the invisibility of health specificities, the lack of information and preparation of professionals, the susceptibility, which appears in the juvenile stage, and the resistance to care for sexually transmitted infections, highlighting the need to invest in the production of policies that affirm the right to health for this segment of the population. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> there was a lack of studies on the access of transvestites and transgenders to health services. These difficulties are associated with conservatism, heteronormativity, lack of implementation and regulation of public policies for them. <strong>Contributions to practice:</strong> this article presents information about access to health care for the transvestite and transgender population, facilitating the view of the specific needs of this population.</p> ER -