TY - JOUR KW - Social representations KW - leprosy KW - GetĂșlio Vargas Colony Hospital KW - Former patients KW - Brazil. KW - Brazil KW - Bayeux AU - Simpson CA AU - Miranda FAN AU - Meneses RM AU - Carvalho IHS AU - Farias Cabral AM AU - Santos VRC AB - Objective: To understand the social representations of leprosy for the former patient of the GetĂșlio Vargas Colony Hospital, Bayeux/PB/Brazil. Method: Study of qualitative and representational approach. Results: The habitus was defined through the long and the experienced times in the building of situational behaviors and diversities. The asylum context is reveled through the time. In the realm of religiousness, their illness is understood as a heritage of a divine punishment. The contact with the society as a charity aspect did not reduce the feeling of being excluded by the prejudice and stigma that pervade the patient bearer of leprosy. Conclusion: We could infer that, when retelling their lives, the subjects lived a quasi-experimental condition, by recalling striking histories at that context. Descriptors: Leprosy, Social representations, Nursing methodological research. BT - Journal of research - fundamental care Online CN - SIMPSON 2013 DO - 10.9789/2175-5361.2013v5n3p104 IS - 3 J2 - J. res.: fundam. care. LA - por N2 - Objective: To understand the social representations of leprosy for the former patient of the GetĂșlio Vargas Colony Hospital, Bayeux/PB/Brazil. Method: Study of qualitative and representational approach. Results: The habitus was defined through the long and the experienced times in the building of situational behaviors and diversities. The asylum context is reveled through the time. In the realm of religiousness, their illness is understood as a heritage of a divine punishment. The contact with the society as a charity aspect did not reduce the feeling of being excluded by the prejudice and stigma that pervade the patient bearer of leprosy. Conclusion: We could infer that, when retelling their lives, the subjects lived a quasi-experimental condition, by recalling striking histories at that context. Descriptors: Leprosy, Social representations, Nursing methodological research. PY - 2013 SP - 104 EP - 113 T2 - Journal of research - fundamental care Online TI - [Within the habitus of the former colony hospital : Social representations of leprosy] TT - No habitus do antigo hospital colonia : Representacoes socials da Hanseniase VL - 5 ER -