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Published on: August 16, 2011
Intergenerational representations of schistosomiasis in endemic area, Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais
Celina Maria Modena1, Virginia Torres Schall
1Laboratório de Educação em Saúde, Centro de Pesquisa René-Rachou-Fiocruz, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, Barro Preto, 31190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Abstract:
The analysis of the intergenerational process of disease/health representations constitutes a requisite for the construction of projects and health education interventions. The objective of this work is to describe the meaning attributed to schistosomiasis in the family context. Twenty-one residents of an endemic area were interviewed. The interviews were submitted to content analysis. The results demonstrated different representations of the disease by the children, parents and grandparents. This paper discusses the differences in these representations and its impact in schistosomiasis control programs.
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