Introduction: Leprosy is a disease that infectocontagiosa deserves special attention because it is characterized as a public health problem. The professionals who make up the family health Strategy (FHS) must be in possession of adequate knowledge about leprosy, since this is handled at the level of Basic health care outpatient (ABS). Objective: To evaluate the level of information about leprosy ESF professionals. Methods: Cross-sectional study and descriptive, accomplished with health professionals (doctors, nurses and technicians in nursing) by means of a semi-structured questionnaire, containing 11 objective issues contemplating General aspects, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy. The level of information about leprosy was classified according to the total number of correct answers obtained in each form, providing scoring categorized as, great (90-100%), very good (80-89%), good (70-79%), regular (60-69%), bad (50-59%) very bad (below 50%). Results: Twenty tree professionals participated in the study, 6 doctors, 10 nurses and 7 technicians in nursing. Looking at the total of correct answers to all the professionals the information level was classified as good (74.70%), while separated by category, doctors presented very good level (80.30%), nurses (79.09%) level, and technicians in regular level nursing (63.63%). Conclusion: The study identified deficits in the level of information about leprosy ESF professionals. Possession of appropriate information can contribute to reducing the incidence of new cases and control of the disease.
BT - Revista de pesquisa em saúde IS - 3 J2 - Rev Pesq Saúde LA - por, eng N2 -Introduction: Leprosy is a disease that infectocontagiosa deserves special attention because it is characterized as a public health problem. The professionals who make up the family health Strategy (FHS) must be in possession of adequate knowledge about leprosy, since this is handled at the level of Basic health care outpatient (ABS). Objective: To evaluate the level of information about leprosy ESF professionals. Methods: Cross-sectional study and descriptive, accomplished with health professionals (doctors, nurses and technicians in nursing) by means of a semi-structured questionnaire, containing 11 objective issues contemplating General aspects, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy. The level of information about leprosy was classified according to the total number of correct answers obtained in each form, providing scoring categorized as, great (90-100%), very good (80-89%), good (70-79%), regular (60-69%), bad (50-59%) very bad (below 50%). Results: Twenty tree professionals participated in the study, 6 doctors, 10 nurses and 7 technicians in nursing. Looking at the total of correct answers to all the professionals the information level was classified as good (74.70%), while separated by category, doctors presented very good level (80.30%), nurses (79.09%) level, and technicians in regular level nursing (63.63%). Conclusion: The study identified deficits in the level of information about leprosy ESF professionals. Possession of appropriate information can contribute to reducing the incidence of new cases and control of the disease.
PY - 2017 SP - 139 EP - 143 T2 - Revista de pesquisa em saúde TI - [Evaluation of the level of information on hanseníase of professionals of the strategy family]. TT - Avaliação do nível de informação sobre hanseníase de profissionais da estratégia saúde da família UR - http://scholar.google.nl/scholar_url?url=http://www.periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/revistahuufma/article/download/8747/5901&hl=nl&sa=X&d=1094005194991149463&scisig=AAGBfm28ZtLDsZRPJbLJ0JpTIcvSrJUkMQ&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt&hist=732gnZIAAAAJ:126909 VL - 18 ER -