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

ABSTRACT:

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 new case detection rate of 10.17 per 100,000 population. This paper reports on the development and validation of a culturally appropriate scale to measure attitude of health care providers (HCPs) towards persons affected by leprosy in Tamil Nadu, India.

Methodology/principal findings

The Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive (ABC) model of attitudes guided the development of the scale. Steps in scale development included qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with medica

SUBMITTER: Srinivas G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6177202 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature