TY - JOUR KW - Social representations KW - Colony hospital KW - Hansen’s disease AU - Passos ÁLV AU - Araújo LFD AB - This study aimed to identify and analyze the social representations of Hansen’s disease among the residents of a colony hospital. Data obtained showed that the social representations of the disease presented antagonistic ideas, since, although they are anchored mainly in contents related to leprosy, they also evidenced elements based on scientific knowledge that represent Hansen’s disease as any other curable disease. BT - Interações (Campo Grande) DO - 10.20435/inter.v21i1.1944 IS - 1 LA - por N2 - This study aimed to identify and analyze the social representations of Hansen’s disease among the residents of a colony hospital. Data obtained showed that the social representations of the disease presented antagonistic ideas, since, although they are anchored mainly in contents related to leprosy, they also evidenced elements based on scientific knowledge that represent Hansen’s disease as any other curable disease. PB - Universidade Catolica Dom Bosco PY - 2020 SP - 93 EP - 105 T2 - Interações (Campo Grande) TI - Representações sociais da hanseníase: um estudo psicossocial com moradores de um antigo hospital-colônia VL - 21 SN - 1984-042X ER -