Social representations of tuberculosis by people with the disease
Adriana Alaíde Alves Moura,
Silvio Eder Dias da Silva,
Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To understand the social representations of people with tuberculosis about the disease and its implications for following treatment. Method: A descriptive, qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations. It was conducted in a municipal health unit in the city of Belém. The participants were people diagnosed with tuberculosis and undergoing directly observed treatment, with the sample size defined by the data saturation technique. Data collection was done through semi-structured int… Show more
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