Leprosy: focusing on health education for projovem

Abstract: Objective: To identify the knowledge of adolescents linked to the National Program for Youth Inclusion on leprosy, involving issues such as etiology, transmission, signs and symptoms and the search for treatment. Method: An exploratory and descriptive study. For data collection was used a questionnaire with closed questions about the disease before and after the educational action with 109 young men and women 13-17 years old. Results: Show of knowledge regarding the etiology, transmission, signs and symptoms, and acquired after the lecture. Conclusion: Health education enables the nursing staff to promote interactive and dynamic knowledge of the young

Object Details

• Alternative title: Hanseníase: enfocando a educação em saúde para o projovem
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 7 (2015) Supl. ; 49-55

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i5.49-55
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53963-1
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET