01460nas a2200385 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653002500084653002300109653001800132653001100150653002100161653004200182653001100224653001000235653001200245653000900257653002200266653001200288653003100300100001400331700001400345700001200359700001300371700001700384700001900401245004600420300000900466490000700475050003200482520054600514022001401060 1992 d c1992 Jan-Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aDeveloping countries10aEducational Status10aFamily Health10aFemale10aHealth Education10aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aRandom Allocation10aSchools10aSurveys and Questionnaires1 aBhore P D1 aBhore C P1 aPowar S1 aNade A L1 aKartikeyan S1 aChaturvedi R M00aChild-to-parent education: a pilot study. a51-70 v64 aInfolep Library - available3 a
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.
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