Informal allopathic provider knowledge and practice regarding control and prevention of TB in rural Bangladesh
| Autor: | Bodrun Naher Siddiquea, Mohammad Akramul Islam, Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Syed Masud Ahmed, Mohammad Husain, Anita Sharif Chowdhury |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Complementary Therapies Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Tuberculosis Health Personnel Control (management) Disease Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Lack of knowledge Short course Bangladesh business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Female Rural Health Services Tuberculosis control business Tb treatment |
| Zdroj: | International health. 6(3) |
| ISSN: | 1876-3405 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme, provides one full-day training on TB to make informal allopathic providers knowledgeable for managing TB in rural Bangladesh. This study explored the knowledge and practices of the providers receiving the above training in the control and prevention of TB. METHODS The study was conducted in 30 subdistricts, with 30 trained and 30 untrained providers randomly selected from each subdistrict. Approximately 3% (49/1800) did not provide complete information. Pre-tested structured and semi-structured questionnaires were used. RESULTS TB was commonly perceived as a disease of only males (66.1%, 1157/1751). Only one-quarter knew about the bacterial cause of TB. Very few providers (2.1%, 36) had adequate knowledge regarding prevention of TB. They also lacked knowledge about TB treatment duration (71.6%, 1253), the meaning of DOTS (directly observed treatment, short course) (26.0%, 455) and multidrug resistance (20.6%, 360). Antibiotics (79.7%, 1396) and cough syrup (75.0%, 1313) were commonly prescribed by providers despite symptoms suggestive of TB. However, 70.2% (613) and 74.5% (650) of trained providers' knowledge and practice scores were equal to or more than the mean scores (≥6.97 and ≥6.6, respectively), whereas they were only 49.5% (435) and 64.2% (563), respectively, among untrained providers (p |
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