Introduction
The majority of people affected by leprosy are believed to experience some form of stigma and discrimination. Up to half of them will face mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety.
This dossier offers an overview of recent (scientific) publications about leprosy related stigma and discrimination.
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The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas.
Stangl AL, Earnshaw VA, Logie CH, et al.
BMC medicine.
2019;
17 (1) : 31.
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A New Instrument to Measure Leprosy Internalised Stigma: the Leprosy Internalised Stigma Scale (LISS)
Govindharaj P, Srinivasan S, Darlong J, et al.
Leprosy review.
2018;
89 (3) : 242-255.
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Strategies for reducing leprosy stigma
Marcela Castro C, Erazo L, Gunturiz ML.
Mycobacterial Diseases.
2018;
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Risk factors of stigma related to leprosy. A systematic review.
Adhikari B, Kaehler N, Raut S, et al.
Journal of Manmohan Memorial Health Sciences.
2013;
1 (1) : 1-9.
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Perspectives on the impact of stigma in leprosy: strategies to improve access to health care.
Sundar Rao PS.
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine.
2015;
2015 (6) : 49-57.
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Reducing Stigmatisation of Leprosy: What is Being Done?
CBJM C.
Journal of traditional medicine & clinical naturopathy.
2016;
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Measuring leprosy stigma--a preliminary review of the leprosy literature.
van Brakel WH.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association.
2003;
71 (3) : 190-7.
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Leprosy and women.
Sarkar R, Pradhan S.
International journal of women's dermatology.
2016;
2 (4) : 117-121.
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How to reduce stigma in leprosy - a systematic literature review.
Sermrittirong S, van Brakel WH.
Leprosy review.
2014;
85 (3) : 149 - 157.
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Stigma in leprosy: concepts, causes and determinants.
Sermrittirong S, van Brakel WH.
Leprosy review.
2014;
85 (1) : 29-35.
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The impact of a rights-based counselling intervention to reduce stigma in people affected by leprosy in Indonesia.
Lusli M, Peters R, van Brakel WH, et al.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
2016;
10 (12) : e0005088.
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'People like me don't make things like that': Participatory video as a method for reducing leprosy-related stigma.
Peters R M H, Zweekhorst M B M, van Brakel WH, et al.
Global public health.
2016;
11 (5-6) : 666-82.
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