Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil
ABSTRACT The study aimed to analyze the impact of health interventions carried out in the city of Palmas, Brazil, on the epidemiological and operational indicators of leprosy between 2007 and 2017. The intervention consisted of training healthcare personnel on the diagnosis and follow-up of patients...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bf015753a4594da8967f8eb7c7be45b1 2024-09-09T19:26:15+00:00 Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil Cristiano Soares da Silva Jaison Antônio Barreto Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva Ana Luiza Bierrenbach 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062072 https://doaj.org/article/bf015753a4594da8967f8eb7c7be45b1 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652020000100233&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 doi:10.1590/s1678-9946202062072 https://doaj.org/article/bf015753a4594da8967f8eb7c7be45b1 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 62 (2020) Hansen disease Leprosy Health services research Epidemiology Health indicators Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062072 2024-08-05T17:49:31Z ABSTRACT The study aimed to analyze the impact of health interventions carried out in the city of Palmas, Brazil, on the epidemiological and operational indicators of leprosy between 2007 and 2017. The intervention consisted of training healthcare personnel on the diagnosis and follow-up of patients and organizing the referral of patients to health units. Estimates of the impact were calculated by taking the differences between indicators reported in two equal periods of 1.5 years pre- and post-intervention, with a transition period of six months. During the study period, the database contained 1,875 notifications, with 66% of cases diagnosed in the post-intervention period. There was a predominance of males (52%); aged 50 years or more (34.9%); with mixed ethnicity (63.5%). The low level of education was noticeable, with more than half of the cases (51.7%) reporting illiteracy or ≤ 7 years of education. The intervention resulted in an increase in both, epidemiological and operational indicators, suggesting a positive impact of the intervention on leprosy detection and treatment. Our results also emphasize the need for further studies addressing the impact of pragmatic health interventions aiming at controlling and eliminating the disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 62 |
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ABSTRACT The study aimed to analyze the impact of health interventions carried out in the city of Palmas, Brazil, on the epidemiological and operational indicators of leprosy between 2007 and 2017. The intervention consisted of training healthcare personnel on the diagnosis and follow-up of patients and organizing the referral of patients to health units. Estimates of the impact were calculated by taking the differences between indicators reported in two equal periods of 1.5 years pre- and post-intervention, with a transition period of six months. During the study period, the database contained 1,875 notifications, with 66% of cases diagnosed in the post-intervention period. There was a predominance of males (52%); aged 50 years or more (34.9%); with mixed ethnicity (63.5%). The low level of education was noticeable, with more than half of the cases (51.7%) reporting illiteracy or ≤ 7 years of education. The intervention resulted in an increase in both, epidemiological and operational indicators, suggesting a positive impact of the intervention on leprosy detection and treatment. Our results also emphasize the need for further studies addressing the impact of pragmatic health interventions aiming at controlling and eliminating the disease. |
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Cristiano Soares da Silva Jaison Antônio Barreto Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva Ana Luiza Bierrenbach |
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Cristiano Soares da Silva Jaison Antônio Barreto Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva Ana Luiza Bierrenbach |
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Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil |
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Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil |
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Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil |
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Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil |
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