Objective:
To know the health needs, to identify obstacles in the health needs of men and to present coping strategies for integral and human assistance to a group of men.
Methods:
This study was a descriptive, exploratory with qualitative approach. Data collection was conducted in February 2012 through semi-structured interviews and analyzed with theoretical reference.
Results:
The male population has health needs to be met and they have obstacles as the shame of being exposed, impatience, lack of time and lack of resoluteness health needs. Health humanization prevailed as a coping strategy, through access, reception, communication and bond.
Conclusion:
The creation of the Policy for Integral Health of Man was not enough to put the man in the context of health. Thus, it proposes to change the health care model.
Men's Health; Primary Health Care; Humanization of Assistance