Authors:

Natacha Bolorino
Laís Cristina Gonçalves
Franciely Midori Bueno de Freitas
Natalia Marciano de Araújo Ferreira
Vanessa Luquini
Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues
Tissiane Soares Seixas de Mattos
Flávia Meneguetti Pieri

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Objective: To evaluate whether the attributes of Primary Healthcare are present in leprosy control actions in Londrina from Community Health Workers’ (CHW) perspectives. Methods: Observational and evaluative study. Data collection occurred between January and March 2020 in Londrina, Paraná, using the questionnaire “Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool) – Hansen’s disease – CHW version” and a population-based census of 246 CHWs from 52 Primary Healthcare Units. The analyses used a cutoff point (≥ 6.6), central tendency, and dispersion measures. One-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc tests were used to analyze differences. Results: The general performance towards the primary healthcare attributes were evaluated as strong (mean = 6.95 / SD = 1.08) and the essential score (mean = 7.39 / SD = 1.0). On the other hand, the derived score was evaluated as poor (mean = 6.07 / sd = 1.06). Concerning the Access attribute, the rural zone had a lower score than the urban (mean = 4.47 / SD = 1.63). Conclusion: The study highlights issues that can be improved, such as first contact access, catalog of services offered to leprosy patients, information provided to the community, professional training, and differences in PHC performance between urban and rural regions

Descriptors: Work Performance; Primary Health Care; Community Health Workers; Communicable Disease Control; Leprosy.

How to cite:

Bolorino N, Gonçalves LC, Freitas FMB de, Ferreira NM de A, Luquini V, Rodrigues LBB, et al. Evaluation by community health agents of the attributes of Primary Health Care for fighting leprosy: a cross-sectional study. Online Braz J Nurs. 2024;23:e20246670. https://doi.org/10.17665/1676-4285.20246670

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