01503nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003100055653001100086653001100097653001200108653000900120653001000129653001400139653001400153100001200167700001600179245009500195856005100290300001100341490000700352050001600359520084800375022001401223       2005                            d  c2005 Dec10aEfficiency, Organizational10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aNepal10aSelf care10aSick Role1 aCross H1 aChoudhary R00aSTEP: an intervention to address the issue of stigma related to leprosy in Southern Nepal.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/76/4/31-6324  a316-240 v76  aCROSS 2005b3 a<p>This paper focuses primarily on the extent to which a Stigma Elimination Programme (STEP) affected the social participation of people affected by leprosy in southern Nepal. The Participation Scale (popularly known as The P Scale) was applied to compare leprosy affected people who participated in STEP groups with a control group comprising leprosy affected people who lived in villages where STEP had not been implemented. It was found that STEP participants had significantly higher levels of participation compared with controls and that their levels of social participation were higher than would be expected even for the general population. It was also found that leprosy affected people without visible deformity or ulceration (whether in the STEP group or not) do not appear to suffer participation restriction in southern Nepal.</p>  a0305-7518