Lepra 01-09-15

En este objeto de información se conocerá sobre la lepra, su historia y la repercusión de ella a través de la historia, además se expondrá la fisiopatológia, los tipos de reacción y su respectivo tratamiento.1.0Acceso a Interne

Lepra 01-09-15

En este objeto de información se conocerá sobre la lepra, su historia y la repercusión de ella a través de la historia, además se expondrá la fisiopatológia, los tipos de reacción y su respectivo tratamiento.1.0Acceso a Interne

Fertility intentions and use of contraception among monogamous couples in northern Malawi in the context of HIV testing: a cross-sectional analysis.

CONTEXT: Knowledge of HIV status may influence fertility desires of married men and women. There is little knowledge about the importance of this influence among monogamously married couples and how knowledge of HIV status influences use of contraception among these couples. METHODOLOGY: We carried out a cross-sectional analysis of interview data collected between October 2008 and September 2009 on men aged 15-59 years and women aged 15-49 years who formed 1766 monogamously married couples within the Karonga Prevention Study demographic surveillance study in northern Malawi. RESULTS: 5% of men and 4% of women knew that they were HIV positive at the time of interview and 81% of men and 89% of women knew that they were HIV negative. 73% of men and 83% of women who knew that they were HIV positive stated that they did not want more children, compared to 35% of men and 38% of women who knew they were HIV negative. Concordant HIV positive couples were more likely than concordant negative couples to desire to stop child bearing (odds ratio 11.5, 95%CI 4.3-30.7, after adjusting for other factors) but only slightly more likely to use contraceptives (adjusted odds ratio 1.5 (95%CI 0.8-3.3). CONCLUSION: Knowledge of HIV positive status is associated with an increase in the reported desire to cease childbearing but there was limited evidence that this desire led to higher use of contraception. More efforts directed towards assisting HIV positive couples to access and use reproductive health services and limit HIV transmission among couples are recommended

Data for the paper on "Early school failure predicts teenage pregnancy and marriage: a large population-based cohort study in Northern Malawi"

The data originate from a demographic surveillance site (DSS) in Karonga district in northern Malawi covering a population of >35,000 individuals from approx. 8000 households since 2002. This is run by MEIRU (Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit). Annual individual and household-level socio-demographic and schooling data were combined with data on participants’ sexual behaviour, including age at sexual debut, pregnancy and marriage to examine the relationship between school progression (drop-out and age-for-grade) and sexual debut, pregnancy and marriage

One-punch laws, mandatory minimums and ‘alcohol-fuelled’ as an aggravating factor: implications for NSW criminal law

Abstract: This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Act 2014 (NSW). Based on an analysis of both the circumstances out of which it emerged, and the terms in which the new offences of assault causing death and assault causing death while intoxicated have been defined, I argue that the Act represents another example of criminal law ‘reform’ that is devoid of principle, produces a lack of coherence in the criminal law and, in its operation, is unlikely to deliver on the promise of effective crime prevention in relation to alcohol-fuelled violence

The nurse and the theme of leprosy in the school context: case studies

Objective: Assessing the knowledge of students about Hansen's disease and providing health education actions. Method: Case studies on the implementation of extension activity focused on health education about leprosy, held in a public school, involving 190 high school students, aged between 16 and 23 years old, of both sexes. Ethical principles for research involving human subjects were considered after approval by the Committee of Ethics in Research, opinion No. 072/09 and CAAE 00780051000-09. Results: It was demonstrated that the activities of health education targeted at school, with an emphasis on leprosy, are of fundamental importance, because it denotes the appropriation of disease-related knowledge. Conclusion: The metalling about leprosy can contribute to the dissemination of such knowledge, since the school may feel encouraged to disclose information to others, such as family

Stigmata and prejudice: reality of carriers of leprosy in prisional units

Objective: Understand the perception of leprosy patients about the stigma and prejudice experienced in prisons. Method: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. The participants were five men and two women incarcerated. Data was collected through the Association Free Word Test and semistructured interview and processed by content analysis. Results: Using the Test emerged the categories Treatment, Prejudice, Symptoms and Feelings. From the interviews emerged the following categories: Leprosy from the perspective of patients and family relations; Stigma of leprosy, the impact of the diagnosis and their feelings; Refusing leprosy and Resorting to divine faith to tackle the disease. Conclusion: Negative feelings, prejudice and stigma were present in the speeches of subjects. Research and monitoring of leprosy patients become indispensable for nursing actions and for spaces of care in relation to social aspects of leprosy

Die in Deutschland und den deutschen Schutzgebieten seit 1897 ergriffenen Schutzmaßregeln gegen die Lepra : Bericht, erstattet auf der 2. Internationalen wissenschaftlichen Leprakonferenz zu Bergen 1909

Auf der I. Internationalen wissenschaftlichen Leprakonferenz, welche im Oktober 1897 zu Berlin stattfand, konnten über die Verbreitung der Lepra in Deutschland und den deutschen Schutzgebieten nur lückenhafte Angaben gemacht werden. Dem V. internationalen Dermatologenkongreß (Berlin 1904) konnte ich schon etwas genaueres mitteilen. Die inzwischen angestellten Erhebungen ermöglichen es jetzt, eine zuverlässige Darstellung zu geben. Die Lepra, welche in Deutschland wie im übrigen Europa während des Mittelalters im Vordergrunde des Interesses stand, galt bei uns seit Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts als erloschen. Wie wenig man in der Folge mit ihr rechnete, geht auch daraus hervor, daß das preußische Regulativ vom 8. VIII. 1835 den Aussatz nicht erwähnt. Um so größer war das Erstaunen und die Besorgnis, als Mitte der 80er Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts bekannt wurde, daß im Nordosten Deutschlands, im preußischen Kreise Memel, ein Lepraherd vorhanden wäre. ..