Active contact investigation and treatment support: An integrated approach in rural and urban Sindh, Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Shah, S A ^a   Qayyum, S ^b   Abro, R ^a   Baig, S ^b   Creswell, Jacob ^b,c  

^a Bridge Consultants Foundation   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Contact investigation; Incentives; Treatment support

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAFF TRAINING; SYMPTOM; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPUTUM; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888112313     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0169     Document Type: Article

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