@article{24081,
  keywords = {Education, leprosy, Hospital staff, Stigmatization, Knowledge, Health Care Providers},
  author = {Ewhrudjakpor C},
  title = {Health care providers knowledge as correlates of their attitudes towards leprosy sufferers in Nigeria},
  abstract = {This study was conceived against the hunches of seemingly inadequate knowledge and blatant
stigmatization of leprosy sufferers amongst health practitioners in Nigeria. It aimed at relating health workers
knowledge and consequent attitude towards leprosy patients. Five hundred and eighty seven health workers
comprising males and females drawn from government and private owned health care infrastructures participated
in this study. A knowledge-Attitude structured questionnaire was used to measure the relationship between the
respondent’s knowledge and attitude variables towards leprosy patients. Results using simple percentages and the
Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 9, specifically the Pearson product moment correlation
confirmed that health workers’ above average knowledge of leprosy relates positively with attitudes towards
leprosy patients(r = 0.62, d.f = 585;<.05, two-tailed test). The Researcher suggested that knowledge be further
improved in order to sustain positive attitudes of health workers towards sufferers of leprosy.},
  year = {2008},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {115-120},
  url = {http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/S-EM/EM-02-0-000-08-Web/EM-02-2-000-08-Abst-PDF/EM-02-2-115-08-072-Ewhrudjakpor-C/EM-02-2-115-08-072-Ewhrudjakpor-C-Tt.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}