Development and validation of a scale to assess attitudes of health care providers towards persons affected by leprosy in southern India.

INTRODUCTION:Assessment of attitudes of health care professionals is important as negative attitude could constitute a major deterrent to care-seeking by persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as leprosy. Leprosy continues to pose a major disease burden in India with an annual n...

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Main Authors: Govindarajulu Srinivas, Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Geethalakshmi Sekkizhar, Thirumugam Muthuvel, Vivek Lal, Burkard Koemm, Christa Kasang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177202?pdf=render