Health education and social representation
An experience with the control of tegumentary leishmaniasis in an endemic area in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5169630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dener Carlos Dos Reis (0000-0002-9505-4516, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Andrea Gazzinelli (0000-0003-2159-7291, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Carolina Angélica De Brito Silva (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Maria Flávia Gazzinelli (0000-0003-0523-3973, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2301-2310 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x2006001100004 |
| PMID | 17091167 |
| OpenAlex | W2158343747 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-311X2006001100004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This study was developed in an endemic area of tegumentary leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the objective of analyzing a health education process based on the social representations theory. The educational model was developed in two phases with 34 local residents. In the first phase, social representations of leishmaniasis were identified and analyzed. The second phase was based on the interaction between social representations and scientific knowledge. The results showed that social representations were structured in a central core by the terms "wound" and "mosquito" and in the peripheral system by the terms "mountains", "standing water", and "injection" related respectively to place, transmission, and treatment of the disease. We concluded that tegumentary leishmaniasis is viewed as a wound caused by a mosquito, portrayed by metaphors. The results of the second phase showed that social representations are systems that favor adherence to scientific knowledge, at times more rigidly in the central core, other times more flexibly when linked to the peripheral systems
Disease · Endemic disease · Geography · Leishmaniasis · Pathology · Political science · Representation (politics) · Social representation · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Immunology · Medicine · Social Representations and Identity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |