Dharmalingam T, Shanmugan P
Int J Health Educ. 1982;24(3):176-82.
The authors describe in some detail the problems involved in establishing an educational diagnosis of leprosy patients-an area which is badly overlooked. The paper provides a comprehensive view on the sociological factors which have to be identified prior to the planning of the health education component. The paper also attempts to describe the steps to be followed in the integration of health education in leprosy control programmes. Since leprosy continues to be a public health problem in many of the developing countries, there is a pressing need for health professionals and especially health educators to focus attention on the importance of a systematic approach in developing health education programmes for the control and ultimately the elimination of this scourge.
作者较为详细地描述了对麻风病患者进行教育诊断所涉及的问题，这一领域严重被忽视。本文全面阐述了在规划健康教育部分之前必须识别的社会学因素。本文还试图描述将健康教育纳入麻风病控制项目应遵循的步骤。由于麻风病在许多发展中国家仍是一个公共卫生问题，卫生专业人员，尤其是健康教育工作者迫切需要关注采用系统方法制定健康教育项目对于控制乃至最终消除这一祸害的重要性。
