Leprosy is a chronic and infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and the peripheral nerves and has a slow and chronic evolution. It features a high disabling, stigmatizing power and it has a historical past of discrimination and isolation. The illness’ late diagnosis contributes to the worsening of symptoms and the onset of physical disabilities.Given the high rate of detection of the disease in Brazil,...
This study drew on the discourse of fathers to investigate the benefits of paternal participation in infant care during the breastfeeding period. It was a qualitative study with seven parents of infants assisted at a family health center in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from February to May 2011. The technique underpinning the analysis was the discourse of the collective subject. Results show that paternal involvem...
Objective: to describe the male view about the fatherhood, from the speeches of men who experience a closer and participative relationship in the children care. Method: qualitative research with descriptive approach, carried out with seven men, fathers of infants assisted in a Family Health Center in the city of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, from February to May 2011. For the data collection, we used participant observ...