A to Z list of Key Topics.

Collections of information, publications and links on a particular leprosy related subject.

Guidelines to reduce stigma

Scope
This dossier provides you with the supporting document of the four guides about dealing with stigma, published by ILEP/NLR. These guides are aimed at all health workers and staff in other services who have to deal with stigma in leprosy and other health-related stigma. This website provides you with evidence-based and best-practice information from different disciplines and recommendations for field workers to reduce stigma against and among affected persons and in the community. 

Participation Scale

Scope
A scale to measure (social) participation for use in rehabilitation, stigma reduction and social integration programmes developed by an international team coordinated by Dr. Wim van Brakel.

Clients Perspective

Scope
To ensure that the quality of health services remains good, feedback from patients; the ‘clients’ of the health services, is essential. Knowledge about their experiences and constraints can help in improvement of leprosy services.

Salsa Scale

Scope
SALSA stands for Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness and it is a questionnaire that measures activity limitation in peripheral neuropathy (leprosy and diabetes).