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Stigmata and prejudice: reality of carriers of leprosy in prisional units
Estigma e preconceito: realidade de portadores de hanseníase em unidades prisionais
Estigma y prejuicio: realidad de los portadores de lepra en las unidades prisionales
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Abstract Objective: Understand the perception of leprosy patients about the stigma and prejudice experienced in prisons. Method: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. The participants were five men and two women incarcerated. Data was collected through the Association Free Word Test and semist... view more
Objective: Understand the perception of leprosy patients about the stigma and prejudice experienced in prisons. Method: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. The participants were five men and two women incarcerated. Data was collected through the Association Free Word Test and semistructured interview and processed by content analysis. Results: Using the Test emerged the categories Treatment, Prejudice, Symptoms and Feelings. From the interviews emerged the following categories: Leprosy from the perspective of patients and family relations; Stigma of leprosy, the impact of the diagnosis and their feelings; Refusing leprosy and Resorting to divine faith to tackle the disease. Conclusion: Negative feelings, prejudice and stigma were present in the speeches of subjects. Research and monitoring of leprosy patients become indispensable for nursing actions and for spaces of care in relation to social aspects of leprosy.... view less
Keywords
contagious disease; stigmatization; prisoner; nursing; social factors; patient; prejudice; family; religion; interview
Classification
Medical Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 493-506
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6 (2014) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i2.493-506
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed