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| Title |
Patient and community experiences of tuberculosis diagnosis and care within a community-based intervention in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-1523-x |
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| Authors |
Olivia Tulloch, Sally Theobald, Fukushi Morishita, Daniel G Datiko, Girum Asnake, Tadesse Tesema, Habiba Jamal, Paulos Markos, Luis E Cuevas, Mohammed A Yassin |
| Abstract |
The Ethiopian TB control programme relies on passive case finding of TB cases. The predominantly rural-based population in Ethiopia has limited access to health facilities creating barriers to TB services. An intervention package aimed to bring TB diagnosis and treatment services closer to communities has been implemented through partnership with health extension workers (HEWs). They undertook advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) activities, identified symptomatic individuals, collected sputum, prepared smears and fixed slides at community level. Field supervisors supported HEWs by delivering smeared slides to the laboratory, feeding back results to the HEWs and following up smear-negative cases. Patients diagnosed with TB initiated treatment in the community, they were supported by supervisors and HEWs through the local health post. Case notification increased from 64 to 127/100,000 population/year. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 50% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 167 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 163 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 35 | 21% |
| Researcher | 29 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 15% |
| Unknown | 43 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 10% |
| Psychology | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 50 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2015.
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#5,599,663
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#5,541
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#62,650
of 255,481 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#93
of 274 outputs
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