Sociodiscursive representations about leprosy in educational campaigns: implications on stigma reduction.

Elis Oliveira Arantes Francisco Carlos Felix Lana

Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem (2022)

the normative-curative discourse produced in the campaigns is not enough to face stigma related to the disease. For leprosy to be understood as a common chronic disease, it is first necessary to fight the "social leprosy": the stigma.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
hiv aids
social support
working memory
depressive symptoms
antiretroviral therapy
prognostic factors
hepatitis c virus
hiv infected