Task shifting for tuberculosis control: A qualitative study of community-based directly observed therapy in urban Uganda

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-284

  Mafigiri, David K ^a,b   McGrath, Janet W ^b   Whalen, Christopher C ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community based DOTS; social network support; task shifting; tuberculosis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857168880     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.552067     Document Type: Article

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