Introduction: 1.1 Leprosy 1.2 History of leprosy 1.3 Stigma of leprosy 1.4 Health education 1.5 The global situation 1.6 Global strategy for the elimination of leprosy 1.7 Global strategy beyond the elimination phase 1.8 Leprosy in Singapore, Chapter 2 Review of Literature: 2.1 Community knowledge of leprosy 2.2 Beliefs and misconceptions about leprosy 2.3 Community attitudes towards leprosy 2.4 Measuring leprosy stigma 2.5 Community health practices 2.6 Effectiveness of interventions targeting knowledge and attitudes 2.7 Concluding remarks 2.8 Rationale for the study 2.9 Objectives, Chapter 3 Methodology: 3.1 Study design 3.2 Place of study 3.3 Study population 3.4 Sampling 3.5 Data collection 3.6 Interviewers 3.7 Pilot study 3.8 Data processing and analysis 3.9 Study variables 3.10 Minimizing errors 3.11 Ethical issues, Chapter 4 Results: 4.1 Descriptive Analysis 4.1.1 Socio-demographic variables 4.1.2 General information 4.1.3 Knowledge of leprosy 4.1.4 Misconceptions regarding leprosy 4.1.5 Attitudes towards leprosy patients 4.2 Statistical Analysis for Associations 4.2.1 Knowledge of leprosy by socio-demographic variables 4.2.2 Beliefs regarding leprosy by socio-demographic variables 4.2.3 Overall knowledge scores 4.2.4 Beliefs regarding the cause of leprosy by socio-demographic variables 4.2.5 Attitudes towards persons affected by leprosy 4.2.6 Overall attitudes scores 4.2.7 Median attitude scores 4.2.8 Relationship between overall knowledge, age, education and accommodation of the respondents with attitude score 4.2.9 Stigmatising attitudes towards leprosy.4.3. Stratified Analysis 4.3.1 Stratified analysis by age group 4.4. Multiple Regression Analysis, Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusions: 5.1 Main findings 5.2 Limitations of the present study 5.3 Interpretation of findings 5.4 Conclusions 5.5 Recommendations, Chapter 6 References Appendices: Annexe I Questionnaire, Annexe II Operational definitions