TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Child
KW - Community participation
KW - Disabled Persons
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Interviews as Topic
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Program evaluation
KW - Self care
KW - Social Support
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Young Adult
AU - Porichha D
AU - RAO V N
AU - Samal P
AU - Rao A K
AB - <p>Bargarh district in the western Orissa had high leprosy burden and LEPRA India supported in control activities. Its main focus was on POD care with community participation. After motivation and capacity building, it transferred the responsibility of POD care to affected persons, family, community partners and GHS staff in 2006. The effectiveness of this approach was evaluated in 2009. With personal contact responses from 112 (17%) persons with disability and 18 stakeholders were obtained. Result shows 98% affected persons are staying with family; 92% are practicing self-care; 92% felt self-care is beneficial; 57% and 36% are using commercial and MCR footwear respectively. Surgical correction of deformity is maintained in 80% of cases. Difficulty in activity and in community participation was experienced in about one third of affected persons the latter is mostly due to self stigma. The facilitators were happy with their beneficiaries.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21972660?dopt=Abstract
C2 - India
CY - New Delhi 
DA - 2011 Apr-Jun
IS - 2
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Bargarh district in the western Orissa had high leprosy burden and LEPRA India supported in control activities. Its main focus was on POD care with community participation. After motivation and capacity building, it transferred the responsibility of POD care to affected persons, family, community partners and GHS staff in 2006. The effectiveness of this approach was evaluated in 2009. With personal contact responses from 112 (17%) persons with disability and 18 stakeholders were obtained. Result shows 98% affected persons are staying with family; 92% are practicing self-care; 92% felt self-care is beneficial; 57% and 36% are using commercial and MCR footwear respectively. Surgical correction of deformity is maintained in 80% of cases. Difficulty in activity and in community participation was experienced in about one third of affected persons the latter is mostly due to self stigma. The facilitators were happy with their beneficiaries.</p>
PB - Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh
PP - New Delhi 
PY - 2011
SP - 81
EP - 6
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Transfer of disability care of leprosy to the affected persons and the community members.
VL - 83
SN - 0254-9395
ER -