02003nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653002800070653001100098653004200109653001900151653001100170653001400181653001200195653000900207653002100216653001300237653001700250100001400267700001400281245008700295856005900382300001000441490000700451050003200458520118500490022001401675       1999                            d  c1999 Mar10aBangladesh10aChi-Square Distribution10aFemale10aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice10aHealth Surveys10aHumans10aIncidence10aleprosy10aMale10aSampling Studies10aSoftware10aTuberculosis1 aCroft R P1 aCroft R A00aKnowledge, attitude and practice regarding leprosy and tuberculosis in Bangladesh.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1999/v70n1/pdf/v70n1a08.pdf  a34-420 v70  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A small survey was carried out in two areas of northern Bangladesh to assess and compare the level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) among two communities that differed widely in the amount of health education received about these diseases. The results indicate that without a health education programme, levels of knowledge about the cause and treatability of the diseases are poor, worse for leprosy than TB, with correspondingly negative attitudes. Only 16% of the respondents in the 'uninformed' area mentioned 'skin patch' in a question about what they knew about leprosy; and only 44% mentioned 'cough' as a symptom of TB. In the area that had received health education, 90% mentioned, respectively, 'skin patch' and 'cough'. Seventy-eight percent of the respondents would not buy goods from a shopkeeper known to have leprosy, 76% if he had TB in the uninformed area; but in the community who had received health education the proportions were reversed, with three-quarters agreeing to purchase from a diseased shopkeeper. The implications of these findings for the DBLM and National Health Education programmes are discussed.</p>  a0305-7518