95 Access Barriers and Health Care in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases Copy Right@ Marcio Costa de Souza This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License AJBSR.MS.ID.001594. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research www.biomedgrid.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN: 2642-1747 Research Article Marcio Costa de Souza*, Juliana Costa dos Santos Borges, Kamila Freitas Trindade, Rafaela Silva Santos, Vitória Cézar Santos Gonçalves Brito, Jairrose Nascimento Souza, Caroline Raíza Dourado Lima, Milene Pereira, Joana Paroli Mangabeira Campos, Rocio Andrea Cornejo Quin- tana, Marcia Cristina Graça Marinho, Magno Conceição das Merces, Fernanda Warken Rosa Camelier and Aquiles Assunção Camelier State University of Bahia, Brazil *Corresponding author: Marcio Costa de Souza, State University of Bahia, Street Silveira martins, 2555: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. To Cite This Article: Marcio Costa de Souza, Juliana Costa dos Santos Borges, Kamila Freitas Trindade etx all.., Access Barriers and Health Care in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases. 2020 - 11(1). AJBSR.MS.ID.001594. DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2020.11.001594. Received: October 08, 2020; Published: December 02, 2020 Abstract Aim: understand access to health care production in a health district in the city of Salvador-Bahia. Methods: It is a research of qualitative and exploratory approach, used as a tool for data production the semi-structured interview carried out in 4 Family Health Units (FHU) in the sanitary district, researching 15 people, including health professionals, patients and family members. Results: After the analysis and ordering of the testimonies, dimensions of access to health were constructed as the main category, which presented barriers of access to geographic, economic and functional. Another evident fact is the presence of health inequities as a structuring element in the society studied and determinant as an obstacle to the knowledge of comprehensive health for patients with these diseases. Conclusion: There is a need to overcome the barriers encountered, and it is only possible by guaranteeing universal, comprehensive and equal access to health as pillars in the implementation of comprehensive and humanized health care. Keywords: Patient-Centered Care, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Respiratory Tract Diseases. Introduction Undetected The epidemiological transition has been a real fact in today’s society, with technological advances and greater access to health services, mainly due to changes in lifestyle and human be- havior [1]. Therefore, chronic diseases have a great influence on the environment and, consequently, on the quality of life of the affect- ed people, which reinforces the need for tools capable of qualifying health promotion actions [2]. However, the health activities of mon- itoring and controlling these diseases are essential to enable better living conditions for the population with an expanded care network and articulated with Primary Health Care [2,3]. Regarding Chronic Respiratory Diseases(CRD), these have a prominent place due to the great disabling power, as in the case of Asthma and Rhinitis, and in some cases of high mortality, as in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD), and still, smoking stands out for its harmful and own power and associated with other health conditions. Therefore, it is necessary that the care provided is centered on the patient, in an interprofessional way and with a production of powerful bonds between the professional and the patient. It is important to note that smoking cessation must be a continuous and relevant action by health authorities [4-6]. For comprehensive care to be offered, é it is necessary that the health actions provided have a different look at chronic diseases, because living with a disease requires an understanding of the whole process, especially the of falling ill, thus, recognizing the sub-