PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | leprosy |
| Symptom | C0277787|stigma |
| Sentences | 15 |
| PubMedID- 26490744 | The social stigma associated with leprosy remains a barrier to early diagnosis, and education is seen as an important step to overcome this. |
| PubMedID- 26047512 | Therefore, we hypothesized that there is association between the levels of perceived stigma in leprosy unaffected community members and the factors characterizing them (socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and perceptions about leprosy). |
| PubMedID- 23305620 | Moreover, the programs should be designed to reduce or prevent stigma among adolescents with leprosy-affected parents. |
| PubMedID- 23451850 | A comparison of stigma among patients with leprosy in rural tanzania and urban united states: a role for public health in dermatology. |
| PubMedID- 24908528 | Conclusions: stigma in leprosy was found highly associated with the lack of information about leprosy and their perception in treatment and disease severity. |
| PubMedID- 25961008 | In conclusion, we argue that there are many similarities in the stigma experiences of persons affected by leprosy and persons with disabilities. |
| PubMedID- 23577037 | leprosy has been associated with stigma throughout history . |
| PubMedID- 22655466 | Perceived stigma due to leprosy was mentioned by one participant (0.5%). |
| PubMedID- 21888137 | In order to capture the degree to which stigma associated with leprosy has mutated and changed over time, this article concerns itself specifically with the colonial experience of leprosy, with a focus on the formerly leprosy-endemic area of southeastern nigeria (known as the eastern region, or eastern nigeria) in the last quarter century of colonial rule ending in 1960. |
| PubMedID- 21888138 | Pride and prejudice--identity and stigma in leprosy work. |
| PubMedID- 22224003 | Much of the stigma associated with leprosy stems from inadequate or incorrect knowledge about the disease and its current treatment. |
| PubMedID- 25509715 | How to reduce stigma in leprosy--a systematic literature review. |
| PubMedID- 20927279 | 1 social stigma and prejudices associated with leprosy still remain major obstacles for its eradication. |
| PubMedID- 21449225 | The study was undertaken to measure the stigma associated with leprosy by using p scale which is used for assessing participation restriction of those affected by the disease. |
| PubMedID- 23029580 | This is not surprising since due to stigma associated with leprosy the patients are less likely to present at public health facilities. |
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