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0242/2021 - Doença de Chagas: enfrentando a invisibilidade pela análise de histórias de vida de portadores crônicos.

Author:

• Fernanda Sant\'Ana Pereira-Silva - Pereira-Silva, F. S. - <fernandasps24@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7243-8242

Co-author(s):

• Márcio Luiz Braga Mello - Mello, M. L. B. - <Mlbmello@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5434-8913
• Tania Cremonini de Araujo - Araújo, T. C. de - <taniaaj@ioc.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-5845


Abstract:

The article aims to analyze the life histories of Chagas disease (CD) patients, searching for elements in their narratives that could open possibilities for coping with this problematic. Caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease combines conditions of infection or progression to disease according to biological and social determinants and affects around 6 to 7 million people infected with T. cruzi. Over than 6,000 people die each year because of complications in CD chronic phase. This is a qualitative study using the life history technique that was used in open interviews. We collected a rich material with which we can work on the context of the disease in multiple dimensions. We associate a sensitive listening with the need of people living with the CD to give strength to their voice, valuing their own life story, transforming them into holders of their history and knowledge. Visibility emerged and prevailed, exposing the disease itself as a central theme and two general sub-themes: their perceptions about the disease and their own life, in the context of the disease. We identified the need to (re) think the problem of Chagas\' disease as something visible and present.

Keywords:

Chagas disease, Qualitative research, Life history

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Pereira-Silva, F. S., Mello, M. L. B., Araújo, T. C. de. Doença de Chagas: enfrentando a invisibilidade pela análise de histórias de vida de portadores crônicos.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/doenca-de-chagas-enfrentando-a-invisibilidade-pela-analise-de-historias-de-vida-de-portadores-cronicos/18141



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