TY - JOUR
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Health Education
KW - Hospitals, Special
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
KW - Public Opinion
AU - Matthews C M
AU - Jesudasan M
AB - <p>Results of a survey of knowledge and attitudes of the general public towards leprosy and knowledge, attitudes and practices of leprosy patients are reported. This survey is the base line for a health education project, based on social psychological theories of behavior, which is described. The results of the survey show that the general public has very little knowledge about leprosy; patients have more knowledge. Attitudes measured with a Likert scale are negative for the general public and only slightly positive for the patients. Allopathic treatment for leprosy is preferred by most, but many do not relate the "patch" to leprosy and therefore do not seek early treatment. In addition, many patients do not complete the treatment. There is much need for health education.</p>
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/569649?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1978 Jul-Dec
IS - 3-4
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Results of a survey of knowledge and attitudes of the general public towards leprosy and knowledge, attitudes and practices of leprosy patients are reported. This survey is the base line for a health education project, based on social psychological theories of behavior, which is described. The results of the survey show that the general public has very little knowledge about leprosy; patients have more knowledge. Attitudes measured with a Likert scale are negative for the general public and only slightly positive for the patients. Allopathic treatment for leprosy is preferred by most, but many do not relate the "patch" to leprosy and therefore do not seek early treatment. In addition, many patients do not complete the treatment. There is much need for health education.</p>
PY - 1978
SP - 414
EP - 25
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - A leprosy health education project.
VL - 46
SN - 0148-916X
ER -