| Autor: |
Guru Prasad Mohanta, Shobha Rani R Hiremath, Raman Dang, Manjiri S Gharat, Rajeswari Ramasamy, Rajarathnam Chandramouli |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 11:7593-7599 |
| ISSN: |
0975-7538 |
| Popis: |
Government of India officially launched Directly Observed Treatment-Short course (DOTS) strategy in 1997 to offer better Tuberculosis (TB) care services under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP). Under this strategy, DOTS providers need to observe and assist the tuberculosis patient to take their DOTS medicine and document the same after each dosing. As part of Public-Private Mix (PPM) partnership under RNTCP, Community Pharmacists (CPs) needs be trained to observe DOTS.This study was aimed to assess the change of CPs basic knowledge on tuberculosis; and attitude to practice as TB-DOTS provider after an educational intervention. Pretest and post test were carried out for 149 participants, to measure the changes in their TB Knowledge and attitude. The changes in the proportions of choices the subjects were analyzed using inferential statistical tests. It was evident from our study that CPs in spite of their knowledge about the TB and the pathogenesis, they were found largely unaware of the Government DOTS-TB treatment national policy and the role they can play in their private practice setups |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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