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Managing skin disease in resource‐poor environments – the role of community‐oriented training and control programs
Author(s) -
Hay Roderick,
Estrada Roberto,
Grossmann Henning
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.04954.x
Subject(s) - medicine , resource (disambiguation) , disease , disease control , training (meteorology) , control (management) , medical education , gerontology , pathology , environmental health , artificial intelligence , physics , meteorology , computer science , computer network
Programs that have been devised to improve the lot of patients with skin disease, or disease presenting with skin signs and symptoms, in resource‐poor regions have focused mainly on education and training or community‐oriented control measures. However, both have in common an objective of managing disease at population level. Training has been delivered in different ways both by direct teaching for varying periods of time or by web‐based and electronic communication; control measures have been less in evidence and there is a great need for more support from funding agencies. Despite this, there is now a growing number of successful initiatives in health improvement for skin conditions that cover many parts of the world. This report describes many of these schemes as an example of what can be done to help patients.