Leprosy remains an infectious process of high magnitude, comprising the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The incapacitating nature and psychosocial effects make the affected people express care throughout their lives. The absence of a validated instrument for measuring empowerment in Brazil and the limitation of studies on the topic continue to be significant aspects. The study aims to analyze the c...
Leprosy remains an infectious process of high magnitude, comprising the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The incapacitating nature and psychosocial effects make the affected people express care throughout their lives. The absence of a validated instrument for measuring empowerment in Brazil and the limitation of studies on the topic continue to be significant aspects. The study aims to analyze the c...
Leprosy remains an infectious process of high magnitude, comprising the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The incapacitating nature and psychosocial effects make the affected people express care throughout their lives. The absence of a validated instrument for measuring empowerment in Brazil and the limitation of studies on the topic continue to be significant aspects. The study aims to analyze the c...
The aim was to analyze the space-time trend in the proportion of contacts examined among those recorded, according to demographic profile of new leprosy cases in the State of Bahia, Brazil, in the 2003-2014 cohort. This was a state population-based ecological study with temporal and spatial analyses of the proportion of contacts examined among those recorded, according to characteristics of the reference lepros...
A reabilitação baseada em comunidade (RBC), possui perspectiva multisetorial integrada, mas tem limitada interface no Brasil. Objetiva-se caracterizar iniciativas governamentais de RBC nos setores saúde, educação e desenvolvimento social para pessoas com hanseníase, incapacidade ou deficiência. Estudo transversal descritivo de experiências de desenvolvimento inclusivo de pessoas com incapacidade/deficiência (DI...
The study sought to analyze the magnitude of occurrence and the sociodemographic, economic and clinical profiles of leprosy associated with household social networks (HSN), with disease overlap in cities from the states of Bahia, Piauí and Rondônia, Brazil, from 2001 to 2014. This is a cross-sectional study using primary and secondary data regarding new cases of leprosy notified to the Brazilian Information Sys...