01522nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653002800054653001100082100001200093700001300105700001400118700002200132700001500154245008100169856009000250300001200340490000600352520095800358       2014                            d10aleprosy10aStigma (health related)10aBrazil1 aSilva R1 aVieira M1 aMistura C1 aCarvalho e Lira M1 aSarmento S00a[Stigmata and prejudice: reality of carriers of leprosy in prisional units.]  uhttp://www.seer.unirio.br/index.php/cuidadofundamental/article/viewFile/2879/pdf_1231  a493-5060 v63 aObjective:
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.