02693nas a2200265 4500000000100000008004100001653001800042653001200060653001400072653001000086653001400096100001300110700001300123700001300136700001200149700001200161700001300173700001200186245011500198856006700313300000800380490000600388520201900394022001402413 2018 d10aSensitization10aleprosy10aKnowledge10aIndia10aAwareness1 aGarima G1 aSharma A1 aSharma S1 aSingh N1 aVohra P1 aSharma N1 aSingh S00aAssessment of knowledge and awareness about leprosy among medical college students in Mewat region of Haryana. uhttp://sumathipublications.com/index.php/ijcbr/article/view/40 a1-40 v43 a
Introduction -Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease which still remains a serious public health problem due to its ability to cause disability. The prevention of leprosy ultimately lies in the early diagnosis and treatment of the individ-uals having leprosy. Changing leprosy scenario has led to requirement of leprosy education. However the knowledge of medical college students on leprosy remains unknown. Aim: To assess the post-sensitization knowledge and awareness of medical students after state leprosy sensitization program. Materials and methods: A questionnaire based, cross sectional study was conducted among 107 medical students of different years starting from 2nd year and onwards in the month of July 2017 after state leprosy sensitization program. Results: Among the medical students 70 (75%) were male students and 37(25%) were female students coming from different years of their admission in med-ical college .Regarding the basic knowledge of leprosy 100 % of 3nd year and final year students were having knowledge about the cause of leprosy and 100% of final year and 3rd year medical students know about other name of Leprosy (Hansen,s disease) respectively.100% of final year ,3rd year and 2nd year medical students had knowledge about multidrug therapy (MDT) in in-depth knowledge of leprosy respectively. Regarding the virulence of bacilli 87%, 60% and 63% of final, 3rd and 2nd year medical students had apt knowledge respectively. Conclusion-These observa-tions suggest that the basic and in-depth knowledge of medical students about cause, types, prevention and treat-ment etc. of leprosy shows increasing trend owing to the part of their curriculum. However there is still a need to organize sensitization programs at regular intervals to impart basic and in-depth knowledge to new medical stu-dents, as well as to update the knowledge of those who already had such sensitization programs.
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