@article{23249,
  keywords = {Family health., Primary health care; Health promotion, Community Health Nursing, leprosy},
  author = {Silva A P and Santos A S and Santos R A and Silva S P},
  title = {Relation of infection among household contacts and leprosy patients in Petrolina-PE city, Brazil},
  abstract = {Objective: to identify the relation of infection among household contacts and patients with leprosy. Methodology: this is study descriptive, exploratory and cross-sectional study from quantitative approach in the area enrolled in a Family Health Unit in Petrolina-PE city. The sample consisted of 11 patients with leprosy and 23 household contacts. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira protocol n. 1701. Results: patients were mostly female with a diagnosis of paucibacillary. As for communicating data, it was realized that the age ranged between 18 and 74, with school level heterogeneity. It was noted that contacts had lived for a long period of patients with clinical forms of higher transmission power. Conclusions: it is essential to control the contacts of leprosy patients through effective performance of the team of family health. },
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Journal of Nursing UFPE on line [JNUOL / DOI: 10.5205/01012007]; },
  volume = {5},
  number = {6},
  pages = {1345–1352},
  month = {07/2011},
  doi = {10.5205/1557},
  language = {eng},
}