Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Intergenerational representations of schistosomiasis in endemic area, Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais
2006; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 101; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0074-02762006000900016
ISSN1678-8060
AutoresCelina Maria Módena, Virgínia Torres Schall,
Tópico(s)Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
ResumoThe analysis of the intergenerational process of disease/health representations constitutes a requisite for the construction of projects and health education interventions. The objective of this work is to describe the meaning attributed to schistosomiasis in the family context. Twenty-one residents of an endemic area were interviewed. The interviews were submitted to content analysis. The results demonstrated different representations of the disease by the children, parents and grandparents. This paper discusses the differences in these representations and its impact in schistosomiasis control programs.
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