Impact of advocacy on the tuberculosis management practices of private practitioners in Chennai City, India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Krishnan, Nalini ^a,c   Ananthakrishnan, R ^a   Augustine, S ^a   Vijayalakshmi, N K ^a   Gopi, P G ^b   Kumaraswami, V ^b   Narayanan, P R ^b  

^a Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c Off Anna Salai   (India)

Author keywords

Advocacy; DOTS; India; Non governmental organisations; Public private mix; RNTCP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPUTUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149389745     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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