Abstract

CORIOLANO-MARINUS, Maria Wanderleya Lavor et al. Health education:: an educational approach to leprosy. Saúde Transform. Soc. [online]. 2012, vol.3, n.1, pp.72-78. ISSN 2178-7085.

To assess knowledge in health education about leprosy, through an accessible and appropriate communication with the aim of producing materials to support educational practice developed in the school. This is a exploratory study with a qualitative approach. To obtain the information we carried out a pilot interview to assess prior knowledge of the students were later conducted workshops on leprosy, focusing on aspects of health education. After completion of the workshops, a questionnaire was semi-structured, addressing the same issues initially applied instrument, analyzing the results of the workshops in addition and modification of knowledge about leprosy. Themes were outlined: the characteristics of leprosy and their transmission, the importance of health education about leprosy. However, it is noted that the school population shows a lack of information regarding the disease, being necessary to invest in more educational activities aimed at this audience.

Keywords : Health education; School Health; Leprosy; Health Promotion.

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