The production of social discourse on Hansen’s disease and health education materials in Brazil: Askin patch as something harmless or aserious disease?

dc.creatorSantos, Adriana Kelly
dc.creatorRibeiro, Ana Paula Goulart
dc.creatorMonteiro, Simone
dc.date2018-12-10T13:20:08Z
dc.date2018-12-10T13:20:08Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:17:28Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:17:28Z
dc.identifierSANTOS, Adriana Kelly; RIBEIRO, Ana Paula Goulart; MONTEIRO, Simone. The production of social discourse on Hansen’s disease and health education materials in Brazil: A skin patch as something harmless or a serious disease?. Lepr. Rev., v.83, p.24-33, 2012.
dc.identifier0305-7518
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/30474
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8853443
dc.descriptionAim: Hansen’s disease is endemic in Brazil and government control programmes promote publicity campaigns to increase the detection of new cases through the production and distribution of educative material. Objectives: This study analyses as et of 276 educational materials produced by governmental and non-governmental organisations that work to control Hansen’s disease in Brazil. It describes the content of the materials and the way the issues were approached. Design: It is aqualitative study that adopts the theoretical and methodological framework of the semiology of social discourse. Results: Analysis reveals that the relations between the enunciator and recipient of the materials are asymmetrical as aresult of the technical and educational language employed. Biomedical information forms the basis for social representations and practices of Hansen’s disease, as opposed to historical collective knowledge of ‘leprosy’. The prioritised topics are: signs and symptoms of the disease, treatment, stigma, cure and surveillance. Conclusions: The institutionalisation of public education on Hansen’s disease in Brazil was not limited simply to the change of terminology from ‘leprosy’ to ‘Hansen’s disease,’ but was shaped also by new educational practices. It is recommended that the evaluation and production of new materials be incorporated into the set of activities already carried out in health centres so as to expand the discussion on content, language and the best way to address the disease in the materials.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBritish Leprosy Relief Association
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectHanseníase
dc.subjectDiscurso social
dc.subjectEducação em Saúde
dc.subjectProdução de materiais
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectHansen’s disease
dc.subjecthealth education
dc.subjectsocial discourse
dc.subjectmaterials
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleThe production of social discourse on Hansen’s disease and health education materials in Brazil: Askin patch as something harmless or aserious disease?
dc.typeArticle


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