Strengthening individual and family resilience against leprosy-related discrimination: A pilot intervention study.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Anna T Van't Noordende, Zoica Bakirtzief da Silva Pereira, Pritha Biswas, Mohammed Ilyas, Vijay Krishnan, Jayaram Parasa, Pim Kuipers
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Davidson
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009329; https://doaj.org/article/1ae12403b85a44ce93a4d41ea6b9a6fb

Background Leprosy and leprosy-related stigma can have a major impact on psychosocial wellbeing of persons affected and their family members. Resilience is a process that incorporates many of the core skills and abilities which may enable people to address stigma and discrimination. The current stud...