TY - JOUR
AU - Campos JS
AU - Castro AS
AU - Wu SV
AU - Progênio RCS
AU - Lima JPM
AU - Cardoso BA
AU - Nobre AH
AB - Contextualization: In Brazil, leprosy is considered an endemic disease. Thus, leprosy control
programs in the basic health network are considered as a strategy for controlling control the
disease and improving the quality of care provided to the person with leprosy, facilitating
access to treatment, prevention of disabilities, reduction of stigma and social exclusion.
So, the role of primary care in the eradication of the disease becomes fundamental.
Description of the experience: The main objective was to report on the experience of health
education for the Community Health Agents (ACS), so that they could perform an active
search, identify the cases early and guide the population on the prevention and control the
disease. For this, a workshop was held with the participation of 55 ACS from the municipality
of Bujaru (PA). The workshop addressed topics such as: history of leprosy in Brazil and in
the world, pathophysiology of leprosy, signs and symptoms, forms of diagnosis, treatment,
self-care, disability prevention and the role of ACS in the prevention and control of disease.
Pedagogical methodology was used as conversation wheels and educational scoundrels,
through true or false dynamics, “questions in the box” and a board game, to address
the issues listed. Final considerations: The workshop contributed to enrich participants’
knowledge about the aspects of leprosy. The results showed that health education is a
fundamental tool for the interaction between the knowledge involved in the health disease
process, in the training of health system managers, in disease prevention, guidance and
health promotion 
BT - Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Education
DO - 10.4322/ijhe.2020.005
IS - 1
LA - por
N2 - Contextualization: In Brazil, leprosy is considered an endemic disease. Thus, leprosy control
programs in the basic health network are considered as a strategy for controlling control the
disease and improving the quality of care provided to the person with leprosy, facilitating
access to treatment, prevention of disabilities, reduction of stigma and social exclusion.
So, the role of primary care in the eradication of the disease becomes fundamental.
Description of the experience: The main objective was to report on the experience of health
education for the Community Health Agents (ACS), so that they could perform an active
search, identify the cases early and guide the population on the prevention and control the
disease. For this, a workshop was held with the participation of 55 ACS from the municipality
of Bujaru (PA). The workshop addressed topics such as: history of leprosy in Brazil and in
the world, pathophysiology of leprosy, signs and symptoms, forms of diagnosis, treatment,
self-care, disability prevention and the role of ACS in the prevention and control of disease.
Pedagogical methodology was used as conversation wheels and educational scoundrels,
through true or false dynamics, “questions in the box” and a board game, to address
the issues listed. Final considerations: The workshop contributed to enrich participants’
knowledge about the aspects of leprosy. The results showed that health education is a
fundamental tool for the interaction between the knowledge involved in the health disease
process, in the training of health system managers, in disease prevention, guidance and
health promotion 
PB - Editora Cubo
PY - 2020
SP - 40
EP - 45
T2 - Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Education
TI - Educação em saúde para prevenção e controle da hanseníase voltada para agentes comunitários de saúde: relato de experiência
UR - https://ijhe.emnuvens.com.br/ijhe/article/viewFile/399/68
VL - 5
SN - 2525-8001
ER -