TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Brazil
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Contact Tracing
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Sex Distribution
AU - Alencar CHM
AU - Barbosa JC
AU - Novaes Ramos A
AU - Alencar MJF
AU - Pontes RJS
AU - Castro CGJ
AU - Heukelbach J
AB - <p>This is a sectional study that aims to analyze the occurrence of Hansen's disease cases in 15 year-old minors in the Municipality of Fortaleza and notified in SINAN. The epidemiological indicators in this population show hiperendemicity. In operational terms is observed the maintenance of the service concentration in some reference units, in spite of some progress. Late diagnosis, a high degree of incapacity in the diagnosis and low degree of evaluation of contacts registered reveal the fragility of the actions of control. This study emphasizes the possibility of error diagnostic front to the characteristics of the infection in this population. The occurrence of cases of leprosy in this population represents an epidemiologic indicator of great importance and its analysis extends the discussion on operational problems in the network of health services.</p>
BT - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19009110?dopt=Abstract
CN - ALENCAR 2008
DA - 2008
DO - 10.1590/s0034-71672008000700007
J2 - Rev Bras Enferm
LA - por
N2 - <p>This is a sectional study that aims to analyze the occurrence of Hansen's disease cases in 15 year-old minors in the Municipality of Fortaleza and notified in SINAN. The epidemiological indicators in this population show hiperendemicity. In operational terms is observed the maintenance of the service concentration in some reference units, in spite of some progress. Late diagnosis, a high degree of incapacity in the diagnosis and low degree of evaluation of contacts registered reveal the fragility of the actions of control. This study emphasizes the possibility of error diagnostic front to the characteristics of the infection in this population. The occurrence of cases of leprosy in this population represents an epidemiologic indicator of great importance and its analysis extends the discussion on operational problems in the network of health services.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - 694
EP - 700
T2 - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
TI - [Hansen's Disease in the municipality of Fortaleza, CE, Brazil: epidemiological and operational aspects in children under 15-years-old (1995-2006)].
VL - 61 Spec No
SN - 0034-7167
ER -