Tuberculosis case-finding through a village outreach programme in a rural setting in southern Ethiopia: Community randomized trial

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-119

  Shargie, Estifanos Biru ^a,b   Mørkve, Odd ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Southern Nations   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Disease notification; Ethiopia (source: MeSH, NLM); Tuberculosis diagnosis; Tuberculosis prevention and control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33244454515     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.024489     Document Type: Article

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