The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Promoting early detection in leprosy: a literature review to identify proven and potential interventions addressing patient delay

Promoting early detection in leprosy: a literature review to identify proven and potential interventions addressing patient delay
Promoting early detection in leprosy: a literature review to identify proven and potential interventions addressing patient delay
Objectives - The objective of the literature review was to identify proven and potential interventions to promote early diagnosis and start of treatment in leprosy, specifically, forms of intervention addressing needs at the local or primary level.

Design - Using a structured search procedure, we identified recent leprosy-related publications describing proven interventions. To identify potential interventions the search was extended to publications assessing knowledge and attitudes towards leprosy and extended again to identify publications relating to patient-related delay in the context of other infectious diseases.

Results - The review identified just 19 publications reporting leprosy-related interventions that included a form of evaluation of which only 10 directly addressed patient-related delay. These included health education interventions focussed on people directly affected by leprosy, their family members and other key individuals or groups within the local community. We identified no reports of interventions focussed specifically on the needs of women.

Conclusions - Our conclusion is that the evidence base available to inform the choice of small-scale interventions to promote early detection at the primary level is
extremely limited. There is an urgent need to develop and extend the range of proven interventions, specifically those that address the needs of women, those that explore and develop the health promotion potential of people previously affected by leprosy and those that exploit the potential of individuals with leadership roles within the community. This will require careful attention to planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting of interventions.
leprosy, patient-related delay
0305-7518
298-310
Nicholls, P.G.
b569acda-01e1-4022-93ef-efce28ea7ddd
Ross, L.
e907efdd-359f-4315-bc5d-5f4f75d360e5
Smith, W.C.S.
488e3025-b0d9-4d10-ae1d-7cc3becc1218
Nicholls, P.G.
b569acda-01e1-4022-93ef-efce28ea7ddd
Ross, L.
e907efdd-359f-4315-bc5d-5f4f75d360e5
Smith, W.C.S.
488e3025-b0d9-4d10-ae1d-7cc3becc1218

Nicholls, P.G., Ross, L. and Smith, W.C.S. (2006) Promoting early detection in leprosy: a literature review to identify proven and potential interventions addressing patient delay. Leprosy Review, 77 (4), 298-310. (PMID:17343217)

Record type: Article

Abstract

Objectives - The objective of the literature review was to identify proven and potential interventions to promote early diagnosis and start of treatment in leprosy, specifically, forms of intervention addressing needs at the local or primary level.

Design - Using a structured search procedure, we identified recent leprosy-related publications describing proven interventions. To identify potential interventions the search was extended to publications assessing knowledge and attitudes towards leprosy and extended again to identify publications relating to patient-related delay in the context of other infectious diseases.

Results - The review identified just 19 publications reporting leprosy-related interventions that included a form of evaluation of which only 10 directly addressed patient-related delay. These included health education interventions focussed on people directly affected by leprosy, their family members and other key individuals or groups within the local community. We identified no reports of interventions focussed specifically on the needs of women.

Conclusions - Our conclusion is that the evidence base available to inform the choice of small-scale interventions to promote early detection at the primary level is
extremely limited. There is an urgent need to develop and extend the range of proven interventions, specifically those that address the needs of women, those that explore and develop the health promotion potential of people previously affected by leprosy and those that exploit the potential of individuals with leadership roles within the community. This will require careful attention to planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting of interventions.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: December 2006
Keywords: leprosy, patient-related delay

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 59004
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/59004
ISSN: 0305-7518
PURE UUID: 43ad363f-8735-4ddf-9ac6-a622f0471e14

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 20 Aug 2008
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 21:10

Export record

Contributors

Author: P.G. Nicholls
Author: L. Ross
Author: W.C.S. Smith

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×