Care seeking behavior of chest symptomatics: a community based study done in South India after the implementation of the RNTCP
| Autor: | Basilea Watson, V Chandrasekeran, Niruparani Charles, Beena E Thomas, Fraser Wares, M Raja Sakthivel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
Adult Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Adolescent Urban Population Cross-sectional study Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases India Quality care lcsh:Medicine Community based study Health Services Accessibility Infectious Diseases/Bacterial Infections Interviews as Topic Young Adult Care seeking behavior Environmental health Health care Humans Medicine lcsh:Science Government Multidisciplinary business.industry lcsh:R Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Knowledge Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Communicable Disease Control Female lcsh:Q Rural area business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 9, Pp 3307-3314 (2010) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Introduction With the creation of the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), tuberculosis services have become decentralized and more accessible. A 1997 study prior to RNTCP implementation reported that most chest symptomatics accessed first private health care facilities and a general dissatisfaction with government health facilities. The study was repeated post-RNTCP implementation to gain insight into the current care seeking behavior of chest symptomatics. Methodology A cross-sectional community-based study carried out between March-August 2008 in 4 sites (2 rural [R] and 2 urban [U]) from the same two districts of Chennai and Madurai, southern India, as in the 1997 study. Six hundred and forty chest symptomatics were identified (R 314; U 326), and detailed interviews were done for 606 (R311; U295). Results Prevalence of chest symptomatics in the urban and rural areas were 2.7% and 4.9% respectively (p |
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