title: Attitudes towards leprosy in the outpatient population of dermatology clinics in Trinidad.
abstract: We interviewed a total of 92 dermatology clinic patients using a brief questionnaire to determine their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about leprosy. This small survey helped to confirm our suspicions that some knowledge of leprosy is lacking and that much stigma still remains.
authors.affiliation: Hansen's Disease Control Unit (Ministry of Health), Cocorite, Trinidad, West Indies.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suite
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gittens
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003880:Dermatology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago