01460nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003900055653001500094653001000109653001000119653002800129653001800157653001100175653001100186653001100197653001200208653000900220653001200229653002400241653003100265653001700296100001400313245006600327300001100393490000700404520072100411022001401132       1990                            d  c1990 Aug10aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome10aAdolescent10aAdult10aChild10aDiagnosis, Differential10aFamily Health10aFemale10aHawaii10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMeasles10aNutrition Disorders10aPatient Education as Topic10aTuberculosis1 aStitt P G00aChance, the prepared mind and children with Hansen's disease.  a309-120 v493 a<p>1. Hansen's Disease is a chronic disease found in every continent in the world and among all ethnic groups. 2. Hawaii is neither a "hotbed" of the disease nor a place where the disease is absent. 3. Hansen's Disease is endemic in these islands, but we also have problems and resources for coping with it. 4. Current treatment approaches to clinical and public health aspects of the disease now offer hope. 5. There is a continuing need to educate patients, families, communities and professional workers in the many aspects of this disease. 6. Opportunity exists for Hawaii to become the training nucleus for medical and public health approaches to Hansen's Disease among the populations of the Pacific Basin.</p>  a0017-8594