01050nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001200066653001600078653001600094653002000110653002000130653002600150100001700176245008300193300001000276490000700286520052500293022001400818       1983                            d  c1983 Mar10aHumans10aleprosy10aLinguistics10aPhilippines10aResearch Design10aSocial Behavior10aSocioeconomic Factors1 aValencia L B00aSocio-economic research in the Philippines with special references to leprosy.  a29-330 v143 a<p>This brief paper presents the need for studies on the social aspects of leprosy; it also describes a current research project in the Philippines with a multidisciplinary team consisting of medical doctors and social scientists. Moreover, it tries to show what the research data might do to improve leprosy control programmes. The research team hopes that these pioneering efforts in the study of the social aspects of leprosy, which is a highly stigmatized disease, will encourage other scientists to follow suit.</p>  a0125-1562