01261nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653001800042653001900060653001000079653002000089653001200109100001200121700001400133700001700147700001300164245007400177856005900251490000600310050001500316520071200331       2013                            d10aHealth access10aHealth choices10aIndia10aHealth Behavior10aleprosy1 aSingh S1 aSinha A K1 aBanerjee B G1 aJaswal N00aThe health-seeking behavior of leprosy patients: An explanatory model  uhttp://hcs.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/1050 v4  aSINGH 20133 aThe way people interpret their diseases/illness and its treatment, or the meanings of these, has a direct impact on the way populations at the community and reagional levels deal with their illness as well as the treatments sought and chosen. Our study sets out to assess the socio-demographic profile of leprosy patients and their health-seeking behaviour. We also explore certain cultural factors hallmarking local, traditional remedial choices and as to how this presents an obstacle to effective treatement and consultation. This said, our study further considers how cultural variations lead to interpreting the signs and symptoms of leprosy, that is, to different ways of seeing symptoms and ailments.