Acceptability and Effectiveness of the Storekeeper-Based TB Referral System for TB Suspects in Sub-Districts of Lilongwe in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Simwaka, Bertha Nhlema ^a   Theobald, Sally ^b   Willets, Annie ^c   Salaniponi, Felix M L ^d   Nkhonjera, Patnice ^a   Bello, George ^a   Squire, Stephen Bertel ^b  

^a Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Wellsense International Public Health Consultants   (Kenya)

^d Malawi National TB Control Programme   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STOREKEEPER BASED TUBERCULOSIS REFERRAL SYSTEM; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COMMERCE; COUGH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866049706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039746     Document Type: Article

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