Bahador Sarkari|Qasem Asgari|Mohammad Reza Shafaf
Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Southern Iran
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
assess knowledge attitudes practices kap inhabitants endemic area fars province toward cutaneous leishmaniasis cl study carried lapui district fars province south iran one important foci cl province sample size 237 residents calculated based population housetohouse survey done collect data regarding knowledge attitudes practices inhabitants head household interviewed trained staff assess hisher kap related cl semistructured kap questionnaire used data collection mean age participants 39 half respondents age group 3140 males constituted 172 725 subjects respondents 843 literate majority study population 83 heard salak local name cl respondents 91 aware cl presented cutaneous lesion nearly twothird participants 635 stated bite mosquito specifically sandflies cl transmission respondents attitude regarding treatment cl satisfactory since 48 believed cl treated medicine noticeable proportion respondents 21 believed indigenous medicine treatment cl small proportion respondents 14 stated traditional healers good treating disease twothird 69 respondents believed disease preventable although interviewees know preventive measures study insufficient knowledge community infection nature vector transmission mode preventive measures cl highlights needs health education initiative enhance awareness people cl would improve inhabitants contribution control program cl area