01531nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002300055653002500078653002000103653003700123653001100160653001200171653001800183653001800201653001700219100001000236700001400246700001600260245012000276300001100396490000700407520083700414022001401251       2011                            d  c2011 May10aCommunity Medicine10aDeveloping countries10aHealth Literacy10aHealth Services Needs and Demand10aHumans10aPoverty10aPublic health10aSkin Diseases10aTelemedicine1 aHay R1 aEstrada R1 aGrossmann H00aManaging skin disease in resource-poor environments - the role of community-oriented training and control programs.  a558-630 v503 a<p>Programs that have been devised to improve the lot of patients with skin disease, or disease presenting with skin signs and symptoms, in resource-poor regions have focused mainly on education and training or community-oriented control measures. However, both have in common an objective of managing disease at population level. Training has been delivered in different ways both by direct teaching for varying periods of time or by web-based and electronic communication; control measures have been less in evidence and there is a great need for more support from funding agencies. Despite this, there is now a growing number of successful initiatives in health improvement for skin conditions that cover many parts of the world. This report describes many of these schemes as an example of what can be done to help patients.</p>  a1365-4632