The cultural validation of two scales to assess social stigma in leprosy.

• Main Authors: Ruth M H Peters (Author), Dadun (Author), Wim H Van Brakel (Author), Marjolein B M Zweekhorst (Author), Rita Damayanti (Author), Joske F G Bunders (Author), Irwanto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Stigma plays in an important role in the lives of persons affected by neglected tropical diseases, and assessment of stigma is important to document this. The aim of this study is to test the cross-cultural validity of the Community Stigma Scale (EMIC-CSS) and the Social Distance Scale (S...