Knowledge of leprosy in population of the 2 village of leprosy in Gia Lai province
- Author:
Hoa Si Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
leprosy
- MeSH:
Leprosy;
Knowledge
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):24-25
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A social investigation was carried out by questionnaire in 37 people in the Domax village and 15 people in Jri village, in which male: 29, female: 23, Gia Rai minority: 28 people and Bana minority: 13 people. The results have shown that, people's knowledge, in generally, was low. 86% of questioned people thought that the leprosy can be treated at home. 67.3% of those said that the disease can be eliminated. 71,2% of population thought that patients with leprosy should live at home together with their families. 84.6% of population knew the leprosy chemotherapy. 21.2% of population thought that it should not contact with patients with leprosy, and 28.8% of population thought that it should not live together with patients with leprosy
