LGBT health policy and its invisibility in public health publications

Abstract

This is a literature review that aims to identify what had expressed the publications of main nationals newspapers about management, policies and health practices addressed to the LGBT population, in the period comprehended between 2004 and 2018. The search of documents felt through the tool 'integrated search', being selected available articles in the complete that were indexed in the base of data Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo). It was analyzed the publications of the 10 national periodic and selected 27 publications that argued health public policy to LGBT population. Little expression of related themes was observed the population LGBT, in the 14 years of the temporary cutting proposed by that article, once of the 14700 found articles, only 92 made reference the population LGBT and only 27 discussed the health politics.  This way, is verified the need of accomplishment of addressed researches the analysis of implantation of the health public politics LGBT, that subsidize the construction of epidemiological data and information that translate the needs in health of that population.