@article{30236,
  keywords = {leprosy, Integrality in health, Nursing},
  author = {Monte RS and Pereira MLD and Frota MA and Rolim KMC and Saintrain MVL},
  title = {Leprosy: The present of a disease from the past.},
  abstract = {<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leprosy is one of the oldest and most stigmatizing diseases to affect mankind and is still considered a public health problem in many developing countries.</p>

<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze how the social representations of leprosy patients are structured.</p>

<p><strong>Method: </strong>The purpose of this study was to analyze how the social consequences of leprosy affect people carrying the disease. A multimethod approach was used, based on the Theory of Social Representations. A total of 100 subjects participated in this study (50 males and 50 females). Data were analyzed using the following software: SPSS (to assess social, economic, and clinical aspects, EVOC, SIMI, and AVRIL (to integrate the structure of social consequences).</p>

<p><strong>Results: </strong>The central core for women was “family”. In the similitude test, this word was associated with “exclusion”. For men, the central core was composed of “family”, “work”, and “treatment”.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The healthcare model must strive to take into account the day-to-day concerns of leprosy patients, with a view towards greater consideration of gender differences and the development of a more humanized care system based on full assistance in order to control this disease.</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {International archives of medicine},
  volume = {10},
  issn = {1755-7682},
  url = {http://tinyurl.com/yb8f3a3d},
  doi = {10.3823/2491},
  language = {eng},
}