HEALTH EDUCATION IN SOUTH AMERICA REGARDING LEISHMANIASIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Authors

  • Claudia Teresa Vieira de Souza Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Determination of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Dinair Leal da Hora Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Determination of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Eloisa Leal da Hora Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Determination of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Michelle Campos de Matos Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Determination of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Sandro Javier Bedoya-Pacheco Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Determination of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Carlos Augusto Ferreira de Andrade Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/ Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Idanir Antonio Momesso Neto Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/ Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Maria de Fátima Moreira Martins Libraries Network, Institute of Communication and Information Science and Technology in Health/ Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36638

Keywords:

Leishmaniasis, health education, review, epidemiology

Abstract

Leishmaniases are important anthropozoonoses, representing a disease complex with highmorbidity and mortality in Brazil as well as worldwide. The aim of this study was to perform asystematic review on the production of scientific knowledge in South America related to healtheducation on leishmaniasis. The following databases were used: PubMed, Literatura Latino-Americana/Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Knowledgeand Scielo. An analytical matrix for the evaluation of the selected studies was elaborated consideringthe education categories: frameworks and models; educational intervention; educational proposal,assessment of policies, educational programs and projects. Studies were considered for analysiswhen they included at least two of these categories. We found 389 suitable manuscripts, of which54 were included for full reading. Six studies were approved and selected for data extraction. Ofthese, four were conducted in Brazil, one in Colombia and one in Peru. Four of the six studiesaddressed cutaneous leishmaniasis and the other two were related to visceral leishmaniasis. Amongthe selected manuscripts five were of intervention and one was a survey. The findings suggest thatstudies on health education in leishmaniasis, in Brazil as well as in other South American countries,should be encouraged because of the wide dispersion and great impact of these diseases in theaffected populations. Educational interventions on health occupy an important place regarding thecontrol of neglected diseases because they interfere with several epidemiological components of thedisease, presenting potential for transformation.

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Published

2015-07-08

How to Cite

DE SOUZA, C. T. V.; DA HORA, D. L.; DA HORA, E. L.; DE MATOS, M. C.; BEDOYA-PACHECO, S. J.; DE ANDRADE, C. A. F.; MOMESSO NETO, I. A.; MARTINS, M. de F. M. HEALTH EDUCATION IN SOUTH AMERICA REGARDING LEISHMANIASIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 44, n. 2, p. 111–123, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36638. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/36638. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2015)

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