This article reports the extension project of early detection of leprosy in schoolchildren from the Eastern Amazon. These are the activities developed by the project ''Health promotion focusing on education and diagnosis of leprosy in children in schools in the village of Santo Antônio do Prata'', linked to a Higher Education Institution in the North of Brazil and conducted between March and July 2017 in a hyperendemic area. Children (n = 154) were screened using a protocol from the Brazilian Health Ministry with the histopathological criteria in children aged 3 to 7 years old. The importance of this type of activity is that school age does not usually represent an age group of leprosy occurrence, so its detection indicates the need for early diagnosis to control leprosy at the family level.
BT - Revista Conexão UEPG IS - 1 LA - por, eng N2 -This article reports the extension project of early detection of leprosy in schoolchildren from the Eastern Amazon. These are the activities developed by the project ''Health promotion focusing on education and diagnosis of leprosy in children in schools in the village of Santo Antônio do Prata'', linked to a Higher Education Institution in the North of Brazil and conducted between March and July 2017 in a hyperendemic area. Children (n = 154) were screened using a protocol from the Brazilian Health Ministry with the histopathological criteria in children aged 3 to 7 years old. The importance of this type of activity is that school age does not usually represent an age group of leprosy occurrence, so its detection indicates the need for early diagnosis to control leprosy at the family level.
PY - 2019 SP - 37 EP - 42 T2 - Revista Conexão UEPG TI - [Early diagnosis of leprosy in children of Vila Santo Antônio do Prata, hyperendimic region in the state of Pará]. TT - Diagnóstico precoce de hanseníase em crianças da vila Santo Antônio do Prata região hiperendêmica no estado do Pará UR - http://revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/conexao/article/view/12577 VL - 15 ER -