Cristina Gomes
This research analyses the coverage and reliability of the
self-declaration of the race-color item, from data of the
national information system on health of Brazil - DATASUS,
and from questionnaires applied to the health personnel
working at the municipality of Camacari, Bahia in
Brazil. Methods included a descriptive analysis of administrative
data from national sources and a survey applied
at municipal level. Results show that the information on
race-color available in the national system of health has a
very low coverage and quality, and that the municipality
doesn’t have a local data base to orient management and
policies. The main factors explaining the low coverage
and quality of data on race-color are the diversity and
heterogeneity of formats to fill in health services, a lack of
integration of the information in health, the resistance of
health personnel to ask and to complete data on race-color,
and the absence of a local data-base