2015
DOI: 10.5712/rbmfc10(34)922
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Parasitoses intestinais: o que a comunidade sabe sobre este tema?

Abstract: As enteroparasitoses constituem um importante problema de saúde pública, contribuindo para as taxas de morbimortalidade devido a doenças infecto-parasitárias em todo o mundo. Objetivo: conhecer as atitudes e percepções da comunidade a respeito de parasitoses intestinais. Métodos: foi aplicado um questionário semiestruturado a 72 pessoas entre 18 e 70 anos para identificar o que elas conheciam sobre parasitoses intestinais. Resultados: a medida de prevenção mais utilizada foi higiene pessoal (77,7%), e 66,6% do… Show more

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“…These findings reinforce the importance of implementing actions focused on health promotion to reduce intestinal parasitic infections in this population. It should be noted that nurses have an important role in social determinants of health, such as education (11) , and are inserted in a health care model that privileges health education (12) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These findings reinforce the importance of implementing actions focused on health promotion to reduce intestinal parasitic infections in this population. It should be noted that nurses have an important role in social determinants of health, such as education (11) , and are inserted in a health care model that privileges health education (12) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From a hygienic-sanitary point of view, the results of this study may indicate lack of knowledge on the subject by the communities (31), as well as inadequate practices in cultivation, transportation, storage or trade of vegetables, as observed by Oliveira & Pinto (32), who reported that food contamination is caused mainly by poor water quality, lack of control of pests and vectors, lack of adequacy and/or precariousness of production facilities, transportation and marketing, in addition to inadequate cleaning of equipment, utensils and food handlers themselves.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Esses dados confirmam o que vários pesquisadores já vêm demonstrando, que o conhecimento dos pacientes estudados, para que percebam e coloquem em prática ações em saúde para o combate e prevenção às protozooses intestinais, é insuficiente, uma vez que o nível educacional, enquanto uma característica geral da população, torna-se um fator importante para a compreensão e combate dessas doenças, bem como suas formas de transmissão e prevenção 4,24 .…”
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