@article{6657, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Developing countries, Educational Status, Family Health, Female, Health Education, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, India, leprosy, Male, Random Allocation, Schools, Surveys and Questionnaires}, author = {Bhore P D and Bhore C P and Powar S and Nade A L and Kartikeyan S and Chaturvedi R M}, title = {Child-to-parent education: a pilot study.}, abstract = {

A controlled study carried out in the hilly Konkan region on the West coast of India showed that school children have the potential for transmitting their newly acquired knowledge to their parents. Though the results indicate that acquisition of knowledge does not mean a change in attitudes concerning leprosy, child-to-parent education may show promising results in leprosy education in developing countries where most parents of school children are illiterate and are not easily reached by conventional methods of health education.

}, year = {1992}, journal = {Indian journal of leprosy}, volume = {64}, pages = {51-7}, month = {1992 Jan-Mar}, issn = {0254-9395}, language = {eng}, }