Abstract
Objective: To analyze the accessibility of the man to the health service. Method: This is a field research with a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approach, which was performed at a randomly selected primary health unit in the urban area of the city of Caxias-MA from August to November 2017. It was used for data analysis the Iramuteq Software, where 20 men participated in the study. Results: The results were processed from a corpus in which the text segments were classified according to the frequency of the words. Facing this classification, there were 6 classes: class 5: Reason for the demand of the health service. Class 2: Perception of services dispensed at the basic health unit (UBS). Class 3: Difficulties faced with access to health services. Class 4: Frequency of access of the man to the basic health unit. Class 6: Knowledge of men about UBS. Class 1: The search for care in basic health units. Conclusion: Based on the analysis of the class formulated, it is concluded that the accessibility of men to Basic Health Units is deficient, since men have superficial knowledge about the services dispensed, and the absence or reduced frequency thereof, as well as access to medication in pharmacies the prejudice itself, the lack of self care from socio-cultural attributions, dissatisfaction and lack of confidence in the primary care assistance are factors that hinder the search for men to Basic Health Units.