TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Disabled Persons
KW - Female
KW - Health Services
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
AU - Brahmachari N S
AU - Anantharaman D S
AU - Rao B R
AU - Gupte M D
AU - Rao S K
AU - Mahalingam V N
AB - <p>This study was undertaken to find out the deformity profile, utilization of disability care services, factors associated with underutilization and the impact of educating leprosy patients with visible disabilities in self-care practices in the area covered by the LCU Chittoor. The disability prevalence rate in the area was 15 per 10,000 population. Training of the staff and teaching leprosy patients in self-care practices has shown a remarkable improvement in skin texture and ulcer situation of disabled leprosy patients.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10992867?dopt=Abstract
CN - BRAHMACHARI1998
DA - 1998
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This study was undertaken to find out the deformity profile, utilization of disability care services, factors associated with underutilization and the impact of educating leprosy patients with visible disabilities in self-care practices in the area covered by the LCU Chittoor. The disability prevalence rate in the area was 15 per 10,000 population. Training of the staff and teaching leprosy patients in self-care practices has shown a remarkable improvement in skin texture and ulcer situation of disabled leprosy patients.</p>
PY - 1998
SP - 47S
EP - 61S
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Underutilization of the available services by the needy disabled leprosy patients in Government Leprosy Control Unit Puttoor, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, South India.
VL - 70 Suppl
SN - 0254-9395
ER -