Aspectos Psicossociais de pacientes portadores de reações hansênicas no Município de Buriticupu, Estado do Maranhão

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: CARVALHO, Rosely de Brito Pereira
• Orientador(a): SILVA, Antônio Rafael da
• Banca de defesa: SILVA, Antônio Rafael da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Maranhão
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM SAÚDE E AMBIENTE/CCBS
• Departamento: DEPARTAMENTO DE SAÚDE PÚBLICA/CCBS
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Hanseníase; Estigma social; Impacto psicossocial;
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Leprosy; Leprosy reaction; Psychosocial Impact; Stigma.
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: Saúde Publica
• Link de acesso: https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/1976

This paper studied the psychosocial effects in patients who developed leprosy reaction in Buriticupu’s municipality, State of Maranhão, seeking to ascertain how these aspects affect social interrelationships, the daily life, the process of illness and cure of patients, identifying values and beliefs that may be related in the work. This paper is built based on the testimonies of patients, through semi-structured interviews. The participants were 15 patients with leprosy reaction during or after treatment of leprosy in the period from 2004-2012. The research revealed that the trajectory of these patients was a difficult experience that transformed their lives, their social and affective relationships. It was apparent in speeches prejudice and discriminatory practices, configuring itself as stigma legitimation.