TY - JOUR
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Health Promotion
KW - Leprosy
KW - Neglected Diseases
KW - Health personnel
AU - Macêdo MS
AU - Barbosa NS
AU - Almeida PD
AU - Melo JO
AU - Cardoso JA
AU - Araújo TMED
AB - <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> to identify Primary Health Care professionals’ practice in the face of leprosy.</p>

<p><strong>Methods:</strong> a scoping review, carried out between November 2022 and January 2023, conducted according to the methodological structure proposed by JBI and checklist Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews in six databases and additional literature.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong> the sample consisted of 11 articles, published between 2008 and 2022. The findings were synthesized into three categories: Early diagnosis and timely treatment; Physical disability prevention; and Household and social contact surveillance.</p>

<p><strong>Final Considerations:</strong> there is a need to align the practices carried out with those recommended by the Brazilian National Program for Leprosy Control and Elimination, as some were not identified in studies, which implies losses to qualified assistance directed to patient demands, with a view to control and elimination of leprosy.</p>

BT - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
DO - 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0207
IS - 2
LA - ENG
M3 - Article
N2 - <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> to identify Primary Health Care professionals’ practice in the face of leprosy.</p>

<p><strong>Methods:</strong> a scoping review, carried out between November 2022 and January 2023, conducted according to the methodological structure proposed by JBI and checklist Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews in six databases and additional literature.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong> the sample consisted of 11 articles, published between 2008 and 2022. The findings were synthesized into three categories: Early diagnosis and timely treatment; Physical disability prevention; and Household and social contact surveillance.</p>

<p><strong>Final Considerations:</strong> there is a need to align the practices carried out with those recommended by the Brazilian National Program for Leprosy Control and Elimination, as some were not identified in studies, which implies losses to qualified assistance directed to patient demands, with a view to control and elimination of leprosy.</p>

PB - FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
PY - 2024
SP - 1
EP - 9
T2 - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
TI - Primary health care professionals’ practice in the face of leprosy: a scoping review
UR - https://www.scielo.br/j/reben/a/XBB99zHLVFnzvbdxR7Cjn6c/?format=pdf&lang=en
VL - 77
SN - 1984-0446, 0034-7167
ER -