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Submitted by Wagner Junior (wagner.junior@unioeste.br) on 2018-12-14T12:21:21Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Fabiana_Colombelli_2018.pdf: 4519755 bytes, checksum: e06d5435c823c408fffce1b348697c30 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-14T12:21:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Fabiana_Colombelli_2018.pdf: 4519755 bytes, checksum: e06d5435c823c408fffce1b348697c30 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-20 Tuberculosis is the single-agent infectious disease that most causes death, surpassing HIV-aids. Among the groups at high risk for tuberculosis are the Persons Deprived of Liberty. Research in this area is directed to the inmates and diseases most frequent in this environment, disregarding the role of the Penitentiary Agent. The objective of this research was to analyze the knowledge, attitudes and practices of those of Penitentiary Agents. This is an exploratory descriptive epidemiological study, from a primary source. The participants answered a questionnaire with open and closed questions of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) model. The answers were typed (double typing) in a spreadsheet, the Kappa coefficient of agreement was 0.904. The data were analyzed in Statistica 12.0 StatSoft software. Sociodemographic distribution, characterization of the level of knowledge, practices and attitudes of Penitentiary Agents was performed, which was presented in the form of number and percentage. Analyzes (by means of a contingency table) of the variables of interest were also carried out and according to the variable "previous contact with the tuberculosis theme undergoing training". For this analysis, the distribution according to number and percentage was considered, and the chi-square (χ2) statistical test was used to evaluate the comparative analysis between them, assuming significance level p