2018
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0598
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Work and Leprosy: women in their pains, struggles and toils

Abstract: In women affected by leprosy, work and daily activities are directly affected; this deepens the social difficulties and requires attention of health professionals.

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“…These findings, which are in accordance with the literature, suggest that leprosy is associated with social inequality, due to its concentration on disfavored social classes. Stigma and fear associated to this disease contribute to the delay in starting treatment and to the reduction of individual economic productivity, perpetuating poverty (10)(11)(12)(13) .…”
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“…These findings, which are in accordance with the literature, suggest that leprosy is associated with social inequality, due to its concentration on disfavored social classes. Stigma and fear associated to this disease contribute to the delay in starting treatment and to the reduction of individual economic productivity, perpetuating poverty (10)(11)(12)(13) .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This disease, considered as age-old and neglected, illustrates the close relation between life conditions and the health-disease process. Therefore, protective processes may include lower social inequality, higher human development, broader health coverage and income transfer programs (11)(12)(14)(15)(16)(17) .…”
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“…Considerada uma doença negligenciada e milenar, a hanseníase possui uma relação estreita entre as condições de vida dos indivíduos afetados por ela e o processo de saúde e doença (2) . Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) (3) , ainda é problema de saúde pública.…”
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“…mands(Ceballos-Vásquez et al, 2015). Women are still considered the central figure in household activities, doubling and tripling their days of work activities, and episodes that affect their health and illness, also impact their work and routine chores, causing a kind of double contradiction(Gonçalves et al, 2018).The higher occurrence of absenteeism among workers with medium levels of education reflects the organisation of nursing work.…”
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