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0133/2022 - HANSENÍASE ENTRE MULHERES PRIVADAS DE LIBERDADE NO BRASIL
LEPROSY AMONG FEMALE PRISONERS IN BRAZIL

Author:

• Eriza Parente - Parente, E. - <erizaop@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6233-4597

Co-author(s):

• Marto Leal - Leal, M. - <martolp@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-552X
• Carl Kendall - Kendall, C. - <carl.kendall@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-4333
• Rosa Maria Salani Mota - Mota, R. M. S. - <rosamarias688@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-8372
• Roberto da Justa Pires Neto - Pires Neto, R. J. - <robertojusta@gmail.com; robertojusta@secrel.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-9523
• RAIMUNDA HERMELINDA MAIA MACENA - Macena, R.H.M - <lindamacena@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-8380
• Ligia Kerr - Kerr, L. - <ligiakerr@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-408X


Abstract:

To estimate the prevalence of leprosy among Brazilian female prisoners and identify factors associated with the disease. Cross-sectional study conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 15 Brazilian female prisons. The data of 1327 women were collected using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing and dermatological and neurological examination to identify suspicious lesions of leprosy. The average age was 33.4 years. Suspicion of leprosy was identified in 5.1% of women in prison, and lifetime self-reported prevalence was 7.5%. The variables that were associated with lifetime self-reported leprosy were: women in prison once being twice as likely to have leprosy (95%CI: 1.2 – 3.5); white women were 1.4 times more likely to have leprosy than non-white women (95%CI: 1.1 – 1.8); women who knew someone with leprosy was 1.9 times more likely to have leprosy (95%CI: 1.1 – 3.3); and women who shared a cell with 11 or more women were 2.5 times more likely to have leprosy than women who shared a cell with two or fewer people (95%CI: 1.1 – 5.9). The leprosy prevalence among female prisoners in Brazil were greater than that found in a Brazilian woman of the general population and show the extremely high vulnerability of this population generated through pre-incarceration poverty, as well as potential transmission in prison.mulheres presas uma vez com duas vezes mais chance de ter hanseníase (IC9

Keywords:

Leprosy, female prisoners, prisons, Brazil.

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Parente, E., Leal, M., Kendall, C., Mota, R. M. S., Pires Neto, R. J., Macena, R.H.M, Kerr, L.. HANSENÍASE ENTRE MULHERES PRIVADAS DE LIBERDADE NO BRASIL. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/hanseniase-entre-mulheres-privadas-de-liberdade-no-brasil/18389?id=18389



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