The complexities of health education in leprosy.

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.