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Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermoscopy, a Novel Diagnostic Technique in Dermatological Practice: A Systematic Review.
Indian Dermatol Online J
December 2024
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, DISM, Institute of Dermatology Udine, Udine, Italy.
Introduction: Ultraviolet-induced fluorescence dermoscopy (UVF dermoscopy) is a novel diagnostic technique for identifying and diagnosing numerous skin tumors, inflammatory dermatoses, and infectious diseases. The ultraviolet (UV) band has a wavelength ranging from 10 to 400 nm. When intense UV radiation with shorter wavelengths strikes a target chromophore, visible light (VL) with a longer wavelength and lower energy is produced in the skin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFValidity and reliability of local endemic language version of the SARI Sigma Scale questionnaire for assessing stigma in leprosy patients.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia-Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Introduction: The Stigma Assessment and Reduction of Impact (SARI) Stigma Scale is an instrument developed to evaluate stigma in Leprosy patients. Despite existing versions in Indonesian, the absence of an endemic area language version of a reliable assessment tool presents a barrier to effective interventions in regions like Ambon. This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Ambonese-Malay Language of SARI Stigma Scale questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccess and utilisation of leprosy healthcare services in high-burden districts in Ethiopia.
S Afr J Infect Dis
December 2024
Department of Health Studies, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Background: A lack of awareness, poor quality of care, and gender inequalities are factors associated with access and utilisation of leprosy services.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify factors affecting community access and utilisation of leprosy services in high-burden districts of Ethiopia.
Method: A community-based cross-sectional study design was utilised and a simple random sampling technique was used to recruit study respondents.
Scaling up of parenting support to prevent violence against children in Tanzania: insights from policymakers and service providers.
Implement Sci Commun
January 2025
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Background: Evidence shows that parenting behaviours, including the use of violent discipline, can be changed through programmatic interventions. This study seeks to examine how policymakers and service providers in Tanzania perceive the provision of parenting support as a strategy to prevent violence against children and what the enabling and hindering factors are for the scale-up of existing evidence-based parenting supports. It does this by applying Daly's analytical framework for parenting support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerceptions of healthcare workers on implementing the 2022 WHO verbal autopsy instrument in rural India through the existing public health system.
J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Background: Cause-of-death (CoD) information is crucial for health policy formulation, planning, and program implementation. Verbal Autopsy (VA) is an approach employed for the collection and analysis of CoD estimates at the population level where medical certification of cause of death is low and, secondly, for integrating it with the existing public health system by utilizing the grassroots level workforce.
Objective: The study aims to understand the field perspectives on implementing the 2022 WHO VA instrument in rural India through the existing public health system.
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