Children and adolescents' attitude towards having leprosy in a high endemic district of India

PITCHAIMANI GOVINDHARAJ*, JOYDEEPA DARLONG**, ANNAMMA S JOHN*** & SURESH MANI**** *Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India **Deputy Superintendent, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, P.O Box-09, P.S & D.t-Purulia, West Bengal, Pin: 723 101, India ***Head – Research & Training, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, India ****Research Scholar, Universiti Kebansaan Malaysia, Malaysia