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• MARIA LUIZA LOPES TIMOTEO DE LIMA - Lima, M.L.L.T. de - RECIFE, PERNAMBUCO - CENTRO DE PESQUISAS AGGEU MAGALHÃES - <mluizatimoteo@bol.com.br>

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It was aimed at to accomplish a situational diagnosis of the rehabilitation attendance for victims of accidents and violence, in municipal districts of Pernambuco, Brazil, with more than 100 thousand inhabitants, because they have the largest taxes of violences and accidents and also a net of public services (SUS). It was carried out a cross-sectional and descriptive study. It was followed the principles of the triangulation method, because the study contemplates the view of several informers and uses a variety of collection techniques Seven municipal districts and 21 rehabilitation services were investigated. An interview was conducted with the municipal manager of each district, to map and to select the services to be analyzed. Questionnaires were applied to the managers of the services, for: identification of the unit, characterization of the activities and description of the structure. The results showed that more of the half of the services accomplishes services in group, prevention of sequels and neuropsychomotor stimulation. There was 273 health professionals, and the Physiotherapy has larger representativeness (34,8%), followed by the Psychology (13,5%), and Speech Therapy (12,8%). Only one municipal district accomplishes orthoses dispensation, prostheses and auxiliary equipment for locomotion. Deficits of some types of services offer and discrepancies in the distribution of those services were observed in the different areas of the state.
Key words: violence; accidents; health services; rehabilitation; health policy.

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