| dc.creator | Clovis, Everton Rodrigues | |
| dc.creator | Cristal, Daniel Cesaretto | |
| dc.creator | Montanari, Giulia | |
| dc.creator | Machado, João Pedro Graceti | |
| dc.creator | Reis, Yago Visinho dos | |
| dc.creator | Rocha, Dayse da Silva | |
| dc.creator | Alevi, Kaio Cesar Chaboli | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-12T11:47:43Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-12T11:47:43Z | |
| dc.date | 2023 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-27T00:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-27T00:13:24Z | |
| dc.identifier | CLOVIS, Everton Rodrigues et al. Analysis of the Perception of Brazilian Medical Students about Chagas Disease. Parasitologia, v. 3, p. 109-115, Apr. 2023. | |
| dc.identifier | 0031-1820 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/57744 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.3390/ parasitologia3020013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8898675 | |
| dc.description | Considering that health professionals at Brazil had doubts about the entomoepidemiological
issues of Chagas disease (CD), and that many of them highlighted not feeling totally safe for clinical
care, the knowledge of 281 Brazilian medical students was evaluated through a cross-sectional,
descriptive, prospective, and quantitative research. Most students demonstrated that they knew about
the etiological agent of CD (Trypanosoma cruzi), since 279 students answered the questionnaire correctly.
Furthermore, the medical students demonstrated knowledge of the main form of transmission of
the parasite, as 278 students associated CD transmission with triatomines. On the other hand,
approximately 25 students did not associate CD transmission with triatomine feces. Besides that, these
future health professionals had difficulties in relation to the treatment of CD, as more than half of the
students (176) wrongly answered that CD “is not curable” or “is curable in the chronic phase”. Based
on the results obtained that point out the difficulties medical students have with CD, there is a need
for undergraduate medical courses to address the neglected diseases holistically because the National
Curriculum Guidelines for the medical course require the training of competent health professionals
capable of integrating the biological, psychological, social, and environmental dimensions. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.rights | open access | |
| dc.subject | Tripanossomíase americana | |
| dc.subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | |
| dc.subject | Educação médica | |
| dc.subject | American Trypanosomiasis | |
| dc.subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | |
| dc.subject | Medical education | |
| dc.title | Analysis of the Perception of Brazilian Medical Students about Chagas Disease | |
| dc.type | Article | |
