Leaving the street and reconstructing lives: Impact of DOTS in empowering homeless people in Tokyo, Japan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 940-946

  Kawatsu, Lisa ^a   Sato, N ^b   Ngamvithayapong Yanai, J ^a   Ishikawa, N ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b Shinjuku Public Health Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOTS; Homeless; Japan; Patient empowerment; TB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); TOKYO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84878946420     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0503     Document Type: Article

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