Aspectos do controle Hanseníase a partir da Atenção Básica em Saúde: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Leprosy in Brazil is still considered a public health problem because of its endemicity. Measures of health promotion should be directed to improvements in the quality of life aspects related to working conditions, housing, sanitation, recreation, food and others. Is necessary promote education for the population, contacts and working health. The objective was to identify which shares controls of leprosy are being conducted in primary care in Brazil. The methodology chosen for the study was the development of this integrative review. We obtained a sample of five articles on the banks of SciELO , LILACS and BDENF , 80 % of the authors has a background in nursing , as the qualis of journals , 40 % is in B1 , as the description of the studies , 40 % were on the qualitative approach , 20 % epidemiological , cross - 20 % and 20 % analytical descriptive and exploratory . The actions performed in primary care to control leprosy in the study were identified : early diagnosis , timely treatment , prevention and treatment of disabilities , active search for suspects and dermatological treatment defaulters by community health workers , monitoring of leprosy patients by physiotherapists with physical disabilities , performing dermatological and neurological examination in all household contacts of cases diagnosed as leprosy , surveillance of contacts , supervised dosing for treatment , disability evaluation , surveillance , classification of patients for diagnostic purposes and treatment , case reporting and ongoing and continuing education of health working