@article{97605,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Policy},
  author = {Parente EDO and Leal M and Kendall C and Mota RMS and Pires Neto RDJ and Macena RHM and Kerr L},
  title = {Leprosy among female prisoners in Brazil},
  abstract = {<p>To estimate the prevalence of leprosy among Brazilian female prisoners and identify factors associated with the disease. Cross-sectional study conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 15 Brazilian female prisons. The data of 1,327 women were collected using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing and dermatological and neurological examination to identify suspicious lesions of leprosy. The average age was 33.4 years. Suspicion of leprosy was identified in 5.1% of women in prison, and lifetime self-reported prevalence was 7.5%. The variables that were associated with lifetime self-reported leprosy were: women in prison once being twice as likely to have leprosy; white women were 1.4 time more likely to have leprosy than non-white women; women who knew someone with leprosy was 1.9 time more likely to have leprosy; and women who shared a cell with 11 or more women were 2.5 times more likely to have leprosy than women who shared a cell with two or fewer people. The leprosy prevalence among female prisoners in Brazil were greater than that found in a Brazilian woman of the general population and show the extremely high vulnerability of this population generated through pre-incarceration poverty, as well as potential transmission in prison.</p>
},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Ciência &amp; Saúde Coletiva},
  volume = {27},
  pages = {4485-4492},
  publisher = {FapUNIFESP (SciELO)},
  issn = {1678-4561, 1413-8123},
  url = {https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/csc/2022.v27n12/4485-4492/en},
  doi = {10.1590/1413-812320222712.08842022},
  language = {Eng},
}