01340nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002100059653001500080653001100095653001100106653001000117653001200127653000900139653001200148653002400160100001900184700001700203245007900220300001100299490000700310050003200317520071100349022001401060       1990                            d  c1990 Jan-Mar10aDisabled Persons10aEmployment10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aPoverty10aSuburban Population1 aChaturvedi R M1 aKartikeyan S00aEmployment status of leprosy patients with deformities in a suburban slum.  a109-120 v62  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>In a poor slum area in suburban Bombay, a study of 129 leprosy patients with deformities revealed that only 46% were employed before the appearance of deformities and most of them had lost their jobs after deformities had appeared. Health education on care of anesthetic extremities did not have the desired impact on the patients, many of them had worsening of their deformities during the phase of their employment because they had to take up any kind of work in order to make a living. They were mostly poorly educated and lacked special skills. The only feasible alternative in this kind of situation appears to be a selective community-based rehabilitation of leprosy patients with deformities.</p>  a0254-9395