Diagnóstico Ambiental e Produtivo de Comunidades Rurais do Município de Una da Região Sul da Bahia

A pesquisa foi realizada por meio de diagnósticos ambiental e produtivo das famílias de quatro comunidades rurais da região sul da Bahia do município de Una, localizadas em uma região de remanescentes florestais e de grande riqueza de fauna e flora. Os dados foram coletados por meio da aplicação de questionários em visitas nas casas dos agricultores familiares e o modelo estatístico empregado foi o descritivo, em que foram avaliadas três variáveis: perfil do agricultor, perfil da unidade de produção familiar e práticas ambientais realizadas nas propriedades. É imprescindível para a melhoria na qualidade de vida destes agricultores rurais a inserção das famílias em projetos que visem despertar a consciência acerca do uso da água, da utilização de agrotóxicos e, principalmente, sobre a questão do destino do lixo e das queimadas realizadas, garantindo-lhes tecnologias para produção, manejo sustentável e assegurando-lhe comercialização dos seus produtos agrícolas.Palavras-chaves: Impacto Ambiental. Agricultura Familiar. Unidade de Conservação.Abstract The research was performed through environmental and productive diagnoses of four rural communities in the Southern region of the Una municipality from Bahia state, located in a forest remnants region and rich in fauna and flora. Data were collected through questionnaires in visits at the family farmers’ houses and the statistical model used was the descriptive, where three variables were evaluated: farmer’s profile, profile of family production unit and environmental practices carried out in the facilities. It is essential in order to improve the rural farmers’ life quality the inclusion of families in activities to raise awareness about water use, pesticides use, and especially on the issue of garbage disposal and vegetation fires carried out , ensuring them technologies for production, sustainable management and assuring them commercialization for their agricultural products.Keywords: Environmental Impact. Family Farming. Conservation Unit.

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Identification of grain areas replaced by sugarcane and analysis of the relationship with family farming production in the state of Goiás

Engenharia Agrícola ◽

10.1590/s0100-69162014000600023 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 1296-1306 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria A. Petrini ◽

Jansle V. Rocha

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Family Farming ◽

Food Acquisition ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Annual Crops ◽

Sugarcane Crop ◽

The Family ◽

Data Tables ◽

Agricultural Areas ◽

The Relationship

In Brazil, the State of Goiás is one of sugarcane expansion's frontiers to meet the growing demand for biofuels. The objective of this study was to identify the municipalities where there were replacement of annual crops (mainly grains) by sugarcane in the state of Goiás, as well as indicate correlations between the sugarcane expansion and the family farming production, in the period between 2005 and 2010. For this purpose, grains crop mask and sugarcane crop mask, obtained from satellite images, were intersected using geoprocessing techniques. It was also used IBGE data of sugarcane production and planted area, and data of family farming production linked with the National Food Acquisition Program (PAA), in relation to the number of cooperatives and family farmers. The crops masks and data tables of the National Food Acquisition Program were provided by National Food Supply Agency. There were 95 municipalities that had crops replacement, totaling 281,554 hectares of grains converted to sugarcane. We highlight the municipalities of Santa Isabel, Iaciara, Maurilândia, and Itapaci, where this change represented more than half of their agricultural areas. In relation to family farming, the sugarcane expansion in the state of Goiás has not affected their activities during the period studied.

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Costos y rendimientos en la labranza convencional y mecanizada de la agricultura familiar en la comunidad campesina Barrio Bajo de Matucana

Revista ECIPeru ◽

10.33017/reveciperu2015.0021/ ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 135-142

Keyword(s):

Work Performance ◽

Conventional Tillage ◽

Family Farming ◽

Hand Tools ◽

The Road ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Apartado Postal ◽

The Family ◽

Peasant Community ◽

And Performance

Costos y rendimientos en la labranza convencional y mecanizada de la agricultura familiar en la comunidad campesina Barrio Bajo de Matucana Costs and performance in the conventional and mechanized tillage of family farming in the peasant community of Barrio Bajo in Matucana Catherine Alva1, Noriyuki Baba2, José Velásquez3 1 Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, La Molina s/n, Lima, PE. 2 Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA, Apartado Postal 18-0261, Lima 18, PE. 3 Agro Rural, Jesús María, Lima 11, PE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2015.0021/ Resumen En la labranza de la agricultura familiar de la sierra peruana convencionalmente se emplean aperos manuales (yunta y barreta). Actualmente no se tienen determinados los costos y rendimientos de trabajo de la labranza convencional y mecanizada. En consecuencia, esta investigación buscaba determinar cuántos son los costos y rendimientos de trabajo que el agricultor familiar invierte; a la vez, cuán adaptable es la mecanización según sus necesidades. Se verificó cuantitativamente que la labranza convencional tiene mayores costos y menores rendimientos que la labranza mecanizada, asimismo que esta última es adaptable a las necesidades que el agricultor familiar de la sierra peruana necesita. Para ello se evaluó el acceso desde la carretera a la parcela y la labranza en cada una de ellas (parcelas en laderas, terrazas y andenes) con cada tipo de apero (yunta, barreta y motocultores), tanto en tiempos, longitudes, esfuerzo y calidad del suelo labrado. El lugar donde se realizaron las evaluaciones fue la comunidad campesina Barrio Bajo de Matucana desde julio del 2,014 hasta enero del 2,015. Se determinó que el agricultor invierte con la branza convencional alrededor de S/.1,300 por hectárea con rendimientos alrededor de 440 metros cuadrados por día, mientras que de forma mecanizada alrededor de S/.700 por hectárea y 990 metros cuadrados por día. La labranza mecanizada beneficia al agricultor familiar por su menor costo y mayores rendimientos, además porque cubre sus necesidades. Sin embargo, aún falta evaluar (de forma mecanizada) con otros implementos para poder cubrir las demás etapas de la producción agrícola. Descriptores: agricultura familiar, aperos manuales, motocultores, mecanización, costos, rendimientos. Abstract In tillage of family farming in the Peruvian highlands conventionally hand tools (yoke and barreta) are used. Currently, the costs and the work performance of conventional and mechanized farming are not certain. Consequently, this research seeks to determine how much are the costs and work performance which the family farmer invests; at the same time, how adaptable is the mechanization to their needs. It was verified quantitatively that tillage has higher costs and lower returns than mechanical tillage, the latter is also adaptable to the needs of family farmers in the Peruvian highlands. For this, the road access to the land and farming was evaluated, in each one (plots on hillsides, terraces and platforms) with each type of implement (yoke, barreta and cultivators), both times, lengths, effort and tilled soil quality. The evaluations were performed was in the peasant community of Barrio Bajo Matucana from July 2,014 to January 2,015. It was determined that the farmer invests on conventional tillage about S/. 1,300 per hectare yields about 440 square meters per day, while the mechanized way is about S/.700 per hectare and 990 square meters per day. Mechanical tillage benefits the family farmer for its lower cost and higher yields, as well as covering their needs. However, there is still evaluating (mechanized) with other implements to cover other stages of agricultural production. Keywords: Family farming, manual tools, cultivators, mechanization, costs, performance.

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A Agricultura Familiar no Município de Amambai/MS: uma análise dos desafios na comercialização da Associação de Agricultores Familiares (ASSAFAM)

Desenvolvimento Socioeconômico em Debate ◽

10.18616/rdsd.v6i1.5583 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 131

Author(s):

Fabricio Antonio Deffacci ◽

Michelle Christina Castilho Ribeiro da Silva

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Family Farming ◽

Food Acquisition ◽

The Public ◽

Family Farmers ◽

The Family

O presente artigo visa analisar o processo de comercialização de alimentos entre o segmento da agricultura familiar e o mercado institucional, mediante o Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) desenvolvido na Associação dos Agricultores Familiares de Amambai (Assafam), enfocando na sua modalidade Compra Institucional (CI), considerando o conceito de qualidade ampla como guia para a compreensão dos possíveis avanços e barreiras existentes e consequentemente a percepção dos fatores que contribuem com estes dois aspectos. O PAA e as chamadas públicas, apesar de apresentarem algumas barreiras e dificuldades para sua implantação e efetividade, ainda é visto como instrumentos de fortalecimento e de inclusão do segmento da agricultura familiar no mercado institucional. A proposta do PAA revela estar mais relacionada à qualidade ampla, podendo conduzir a construção de editais, mais abrangentes e eficazes em seus processos de comercialização. Compreende-se a necessidade de algumas estratégias de aproximação e diálogo com as organizações de agricultores familiares com o intuito de superar dificuldades existentes no processo, aprimorando assim a relação de compra e venda entre o segmento da agricultura familiar e os órgãos públicos.Palavras-Chave: controle de qualidade; desperdício; associação; agricultura familiar.Family Farming in the Municipality of Amambai-MS, Brazil: an analysis of the commercialization challenges of the Family Farmers Association (ASSAFAM)ABSTRACTThis article aims to analyze the process of food commercialization between the family farming segment and the institutional market, through the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) developed at the Amambai Family Farmers Association (Assafam), focusing on its Institutional Purchasing modality. (CI), considering the concept of broad quality as a guide for understanding the possible advances and existing barriers and consequently the perception of the factors that contribute to these two aspects. The PAA and the public calls, despite presenting some barriers and difficulties for their implementation and effectiveness, are still seen as instruments for strengthening and including the family farming segment in the institutional market. The PAA proposal reveals to be more related to the broad quality and may lead to the construction of edicts, more comprehensive and effective in its commercialization processes. It is understood the need for some strategies of approach and dialogue with family farmers organizations in order to overcome existing difficulties in the process, thus improving the buying and selling relationship between the family farming segment and public agencies.Keywords: quality control; waste; association; family farming.

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Co-producing knowledge with family farming organizations: a citizen science observatory in Santarém, Brazilian Amazon

Cahiers Agricultures ◽

10.1051/cagri/2021035 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Emilie Coudel ◽

Stéphanie Nasuti ◽

Beatriz Abreu dos Santos ◽

Mariana Piva ◽

Valéria Fechine ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Large Scale ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Smartphone Application ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Global Changes ◽

Family Farming ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Data Collection Strategy ◽

Academic Researchers

This data paper presents a survey conducted in a participatory manner in the territory of Santarém, in the Brazilian Amazon. The aim is to understand how global changes are affecting family farmers. In the study area, family farming has been confronted over the past 20 years with the rapid expansion of large-scale monocultures, especially soybean. As part of the Odyssea socio-environmental observatory, academic researchers and family farming organizations entered into a partnership to co-produce data that could be strategically useful for these organizations. A process of co-construction of the expectations allowed priorities to be established and the data collection strategy to be defined. Three levels of analysis were chosen in order to allow an integrated understanding of the dynamics of change: the Santarem Plateau territory, the rural community level (living place recognized by the farmers) and the farmers’ households. Twenty-one farmers, called community researchers, organized in 3 teams, applied a questionnaire through the KoboCollect smartphone application to 544 families in the municipalities of Santarém, Mojuí dos Campos and Belterra. Meetings were previously held in the rural communities and questionnaires were applied with representatives of 32 communities. Data was collected between April and June 2019. The community researchers and academic researchers then came together for two collective sessions of data analysis and interpretation in July and October 2019. Data was standardized and cleaned using SPSS software, between September and December 2019. The metadata and databases are available on the CIRAD dataverse.

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Regional Heterogeneity of the Family Farming in Brazil: an Analysis Using a Spatial Stochastic Frontier

Journal of Agricultural Studies ◽

10.5296/jas.v9i3.18688 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 179

Author(s):

Thyena Karen Magalhães Dias ◽

Edward Martins Costa ◽

Filipe Augusto Xavier Lima ◽

Helson Gomes de Souza

Keyword(s):

Stochastic Frontier ◽

Family Farming ◽

Production Scale ◽

Agricultural Modernization ◽

Family Farmers ◽

The North ◽

The Family ◽

Agricultural Census ◽

Using Data ◽

Municipal Level

Family farming is quite different between Brazilian regions, where one of the main factors of this distinction is the implementation of agricultural modernization that initially benefited the regions South and Southeast, making these regions more mechanized and with a higher level of human capital. Given this fact, this article aims to measure the productive differences of family farmers between Brazilian regions using data from the 2017 Agricultural Census and applying a spatial stochastic frontier at municipal level. The results have shown that there is a high heterogeneity between Brazilian regions, where although all areas have shown a decreasing return of production scale, these returns were greater for the regions Midwest, Southeast, and South. Besides, technology and labor have a lesser effect on the gross income of farmers in the Northeast. The results also show that spillovers were different between regions, both for the factors of production and for the determinants of inefficiency. Furthermore, the heterogeneity can be confirmed by the efficiency scores, which were higher in the regions South, Midwest, and Mid-South regions of the Southeast. The results also suggest that, according to the profile of each region, it is necessary to implement more efficient policies that aim to improve the effectiveness of existing policies and mitigate the differences between them, especially in the North and Northeast of Brazil.

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YERBA MATE LANDSCAPES: FOREST USE AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION*

Ambiente & sociedade ◽

10.1590/1809-4422asoc201702822vu2019l3ao ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

Author(s):

ANÉSIO DA CUNHA MARQUES ◽

MAURÍCIO SEDREZ DOS REIS ◽

VALDIR FRIGO DENARDIN

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Management ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Ilex Paraguariensis ◽

Yerba Mate ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Family Farming ◽

Plateau Region ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Forest Use ◽

Landscape Units

Abstract The Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) is a native arboreal species of forest formations that include the Araucaria Forest and is of considerable socio-economic importance in much of Brazil’s southern region. This paper aims to study the different landscapes of the native Yerba Mate systems (NYMS) in the main producing region of native Yerba Mate in the northern plateau region of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Planalto Norte Catarinense - PNC) and their relationship to socio-environmental conservation in the context of family farming. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with family farmers and NYMS were evaluated following a specific route. Thirteen types of NYMS Landscape Units were identified as a diagnostic basis for the sustainable management of NYMS and forests. It proved possible to conclude that the Yerba Mate extraction activity is of great importance to socio-environmental conservation in the PNC.

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Agricultura Familiar e Sustentabilidade Rural: um Estudo a Partir da Caracterização de Propriedades Rurais

UNICIÊNCIAS ◽

10.17921/1415-5141.2020v24n1p39-44 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 39-44

Author(s):

Luciana Ferreira da Silva ◽

Denise Renata Pedrinho ◽

Márcia Alves Rocha

Keyword(s):

Business Management ◽

Property Management ◽

Family Farming ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Family Farmers ◽

The People ◽

The Family ◽

Production Technologies ◽

And Training ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

O objetivo deste artigo foi analisar a experiência da agricultura familiar com enfoque na gestão e sustentabilidade das propriedades rurais do assentamento Lagoa Grande – Dourados/MS. A pesquisa é de caráter exploratório e descritivo com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa. É notório que a agricultura familiar tem significativa importância na produção de alimentos, principalmente, para a mesa do brasileiro e, também, do sul-mato-grossense, ainda assim, se permeiam desafios sobre a sustentabilidade, eficiência na utilização dos recursos naturais, produção e gestão do pequeno negócio. Para isto, são ressaltadas as parcerias na produção com o uso de máquinas e/ou equipamentos, recursos financeiros, ou cursos que possibilitem maior conhecimento e capacitação sobre a gestão e condução do negócio. Para as propriedades rurais do assentamento se constatou o acesso insuficiente às tecnologias de produção, baixo conhecimento e pouca participação no que se refere às associações e cooperativas, estes fatores contribuem para o distanciamento da melhoria produtiva e de renda para tal grupo. Ainda que a sustentabilidade está relacionada à complementação da renda dos produtores, a partir de outras fontes de renda não agrícolas essenciais para garantia da subsistência familiar. Para contornar tais adversidades é necessário desenvolvimento de ações, por meio de políticas públicas, parcerias e cooperações que possibilitem a educação e expansão rural familiar. Palavras-chave: Associativismo. Gestão da Propriedade. Cooperativa. Abstract The objective of this article was to analyze the family farming experience focused on the management and sustainability of rural properties of Lagoa Grande – Dourados – MS. The research is exploratory and descriptive with a qualitative and quantitative approach. It is well known that family farming has significant importance in the food production mainly for the Brazilian table and also for the people from Mato Grosso do Sul, even though challenges remain regarding sustainability, efficiency in the use of natural resources, production and management of the small business. To this end, partnerships in production with the use of machines and / or equipment, financial resources, or courses that enable greater knowledge and training on the business management and conduct are highlighted. For the rural properties of the settlement, insufficient access to production technologies, low knowledge and little participation in associations and cooperatives were found to contribute to the distancing of production improvements and better income for such group. Still, that sustainability is related to the producers' income complementation, from other non-agricultural sources of income essential to guarantee family subsistence. To circumvent such adversities, it is necessary to develop actions through public policies, partnerships and cooperation that enable education and family farmers expansion. Keywords: Associativism. Property Management. Cooperative.

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PERAN KELUARGA DALAM MEMANTAU KEPATUHAN MINUM OBAT PENDERITA HIPERTENSI PADA MASYARAKAT

Jurnal Kesehatan Mesencephalon ◽

10.36053/mesencephalon.v3i1.38 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Saiful Nurhidayat

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Medication Adherence ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Elementary Education ◽

College Education ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Hypertensive Patients ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

The Family

Abstract : Hypertension or high blood pressure is an abnormal increase in blood pressure in the arteries continuously over a period. The dangers of hypertension can lead to damage to various organs including kidneys, brain, heart, eye, causing vascular resistance and stroke. Hypertension takes care of the old and continuously. One effective way to lower blood pressure is to obediently take medicine so that it takes the role of families in monitoring patients taking the medication. With the participation of the family are expected to hypertension sufferers can be controlled. This study aims to determine the family's role in monitoring the adherence of hypertensive patients. The study was conducted in rural communities Slahung Ponorogo, a representative sample of 53 respondents taken by purposive sampling. Quantitative design with cross sectional design of the study the family's role in monitoring the adherence of hypertensive patients. Instruments in this study using questionnaires and observation sheets. The results of 53 respondents obtained the majority of the 29 respondents (55%) has the role of both families and 24 respondents (45%) families have a bad role in monitoring medication adherence. Age and education contribute to determining the role family. Intermediate (41-60 years old) and college education contribute to determining the role well. Conversely > 61 years of elementary education and contribute in a bad role.Keywords : the role of the family, medication adherence, hypertension. Abstrak : Hipertensi atau tekanan darah tinggi adalah suatu peningkatan abnormal tekanan darah dalam pembuluh darah arteri secara terus-menerus lebih dari suatu periode. Bahaya hipertensi dapat memicu rusaknya berbagai organ tubuh diantaranya: ginjal, otak, jantung, mata, menyebabkan resistensi pembuluh darah dan stroke. Penyakit hipertensi membutuhkan perawatan yang lama dan terus menerus. Salah satu cara yang efektif untuk menurunkan tekanan darah adalah dengan patuh minum obat sehingga dibutuhkan peran keluarga dalam memantau minum obat penderita. Dengan adanya peran serta keluarga diharapkan penyakit hipertensi penderita dapat terkontrol. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran keluarga dalam memantau kepatuhan minum obat penderita hipertensi. Penelitian dilakukan pada masyarakat desa Slahung Ponorogo,sampel representatif sejumlah 53 responden diambil secara Purposive Sampling. Desain kuantitatif dengan rancangan Cross sectional yang mempelajari peran keluarga dalam memantau kepatuhan minum obat penderita hipertensi. Instrumen pada penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner dan lembar observasi. Hasil penelitian dari 53 responden didapatkan sebagian besar 29 responden (55 %) keluarga mempunyai peran baik dan 24 responden (45 %) keluarga mempunyai peran buruk dalam memantau kepatuhan minum obat. Faktor usia dan pendidikan berkontribusi dalam menentukan peran keluarga. Usia madya (41-60 tahun) dan jenjang pendidikan perguruan tinggi berkontribusi dalam menentukan peran baik. Sebaliknya > 61 tahun dan jenjang pendidikan SD berkontribusi dalam peran buruk.Kata Kunci : peran keluarga, kepatuhan minum obat, penyakit hipertensi.

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Socioeconomic Conditions and Landowners’ Perception Affect the Intention to Restore Polylepis Forests in the Central Andes of Peru

Forests ◽

10.3390/f12020118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 118

Author(s):

Lunel Joseph ◽

Raúl Marino Yaranga Cano ◽

Marco Arizapana-Almonacid ◽

Marcela Venelli Pyles ◽

Flávia Freire de Siqueira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Mixed Model ◽

Linear Mixed Model ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Central Andes ◽

Socioeconomic Conditions ◽

Native Flora ◽

The Family ◽

Andes Region

Research Highlights: Families more dependent on crops as the main source of income of properties have a greater intention of restoring Polylepis forest areas. However, this intention reduces with the increase of family dependence on subsistence products supplied by Polylepis forests. Properties where the chances of restoration of Polylepis forests are greater are those where the educational and technical level is better. Objectives: We aimed to comprehend which socioeconomic factors of rural properties and families’ perception were determinant for the intention to restore Polylepis forests in the Central Andes region of Peru. Material and Methods: We collected data through visits and the application of questionnaires. We selected 13 rural communities in the Tulumayo River Basin. We randomly sampled 10 to 20 families in each community, depending on its size, totaling 200 families. We used generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to test which variables affect the intention to restore the forest. Results: When crops are the main source of income in the property, the families have more intention to restore Polylepis areas, on the other hand, when Polylepis forests are an important source of products for the family subsistence, the intention to restore forests reduces, indicating that higher technological status has a positive impact on restoration. The perception that Polylepis forests are important for the existence of water sources had a positive impact on the families’ intention to restore the areas. However, the perception that Polylepis forests are important for native flora persistence had a negative impact on the intention to restore their areas. Conclusions: Our results showed that investment in improving the productivity of the properties and in the education of their landowners should increase the success of eventual programs for restoration of Polylepis forests.

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Hidradenitis suppurativa: Wie die Partner von Betroffenen psychosozial beeinträchtigt werden

Karger Kompass Dermatologie ◽

10.1159/000516079 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Uwe Gieler

Keyword(s):

Disease Severity ◽

Social Life ◽

Hidradenitis Suppurativa ◽

Life Quality ◽

Psychosocial Burden ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Family ◽

The Mean ◽

Moderate Effect

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a debilitating disease related to a great psychosocial burden in affected patients and subsequently also people around them. Patients’ partners as caregivers may indirectly experience wide range of devastating effects of the disease on their emotional and social life. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the QoL impairment in HS patients’ partners and to identify its aspects that are affected the most. Correlation between QoL burden and disease severity, duration, sex, age and smoking was also assessed. Methods: A total of 50 HS sufferers were assessed according to disease severity and their partners’ QoL was determined using the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire. Results: The mean FDLQI for patients’ partners was 8.7 ± 6.8 points, indicating generally a moderate effect of HS on their life. Quality of partners’ life correlated significantly with disease severity but no correlation was found according to other factors. Conclusion: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a highly psychologically devastating disease not only for patients but also for their partners. It occurred to diminish partners’ QoL mostly by increasing daily expenditure but also other problems were often reported. Clinicians should be aware of these psychosocial implications, in order to provide optimal therapy of HS affected families by a multidisciplinary specialized management addressing both, patients and their cohabitants simultaneously.

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