@article{7977, keywords = {Audiovisual Aids, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Personnel, Humans, leprosy, Rural Health Services, South Africa}, author = {Ukpe IS}, title = {Educational posters and leaflets on leprosy: raising awareness of leprosy for health-care workers in rural South Africa.}, abstract = {

Leprosy is still occurring in the Republic of South Africa, but it has been eliminated as a public health problem. The country's leprosy care and control program is being provided as a primary health-care program within the general health-care services. Maintaining health workers' leprosy knowledge and awareness at the primary health-care level is one of the program's goals. In one of the country's rural areas, the availability of good-quality leprosy poster and leaflets at primary health-care facilities has been shown to contribute significantly to maintaining health workers' leprosy knowledge and awareness.

}, year = {2008}, journal = {Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)}, volume = {123}, pages = {217-21}, month = {2008 Mar-Apr}, issn = {0033-3549}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2239332/pdf/phr123000217.pdf}, doi = {10.1177/003335490812300215}, language = {eng}, }