Incentivo a aquisição da língua brasileira de sinais – (libras) entre os profissionais da área da saúde

The present study focuses on the use of the Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) by health professionals, seeking to understand the processes that permeate this audience and therefore presenting the great historical points experienced by the deaf population in Brazil in the face of their struggle for rights and equality. the objective of the study is to present how the incentive and acquisition of BSL occurs, in order to better target the assistance to the deaf population. It is a bibliographic survey, which has the electronic platforms as guides: Scielo, LILACS, CAPES portal, Medline, Fiocruz, Paho, Wholis, BDENF and BVS and BVS-Psi, in the months of February and March 2020, publications containing relevant information on the topic in question. The results show the great struggle for the recognition of the rights of the deaf vis-à-vis civil society, brushing facts about the first movements in favor of the deaf, later entering the need for health teams, without referring to specific categories, emphasizing whenever knowledge about the use of BSL can and should improve the reception of health services users. It is concluded, therefore, that there is a need for knowledge in BSL, to improve the diagnosis, monitoring and management of deaf cases in health, so that the individual is treated holistically and contemplating the principles of SUS. always emphasizing that knowledge about the use of BSL can and should improve the reception of health services users. It is concluded, therefore, that there is a need for knowledge in BSL, to improve the diagnosis, monitoring and management of deaf cases in health, so that the individual is treated holistically and contemplating the principles of SUS. always emphasizing that the knowledge about the use of BSL can and should improve the reception to the user of health services. It is concluded, therefore, that there is a need for knowledge in BSL, to improve the diagnosis, monitoring and management of deaf cases in health, so that the individual is treated holistically and contemplating the principles of SUS.