TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Community participation
KW - Data Collection
KW - Developing countries
KW - Female
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nepal
KW - Psychology
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Sampling Studies
KW - Social Alienation
KW - Social Distance
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
AU - Stigter D H
AU - Geus L
AU - Heynders M L
AB - <p>This study describes community behaviour towards persons affected by leprosy in the eastern Terai districts of Nepal. The results show that 95% of the persons affected by leprosy recognized by the community have visible signs such as wounds, swellings and deformed feet or hands. Persons affected by leprosy still experience negative behaviour. Motives for negative community behaviour are mostly found in the fact that people fear infection by germs, but fear of a curse from God is also mentioned. This study shows that negative community behaviour is still present in eastern Nepal. Leprosy is more than a disease; the disease can nowadays be medically cured, but the sickness of leprosy still remains. Leprosy control programmes should focus on prevention of impairments and disabilities, because it seems that a visible sign is an important trigger for negative community behaviour.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11201904?dopt=Abstract
CN - DESTIGTER 2000
DA - 2000 Dec
DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.20000051
IS - 4
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This study describes community behaviour towards persons affected by leprosy in the eastern Terai districts of Nepal. The results show that 95% of the persons affected by leprosy recognized by the community have visible signs such as wounds, swellings and deformed feet or hands. Persons affected by leprosy still experience negative behaviour. Motives for negative community behaviour are mostly found in the fact that people fear infection by germs, but fear of a curse from God is also mentioned. This study shows that negative community behaviour is still present in eastern Nepal. Leprosy is more than a disease; the disease can nowadays be medically cured, but the sickness of leprosy still remains. Leprosy control programmes should focus on prevention of impairments and disabilities, because it seems that a visible sign is an important trigger for negative community behaviour.</p>
PY - 2000
SP - 492
EP - 8
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Leprosy: between acceptance and segregation. Community behaviour towards persons affected by leprosy in eastern Nepal.
UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/2000/v71n4/pdf/v71n4a07.pdf
VL - 71
SN - 0305-7518
ER -