Community tuberculosis care through "TB clubs" in rural North Ethiopia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2009-2018

  Demissie, M ^a   Getahun, H ^b   Lindtjorn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b South Gondar Zone Health Department   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Compliance to TB treatment; Ethiopia; TB clubs; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0242668795     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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