Patient and community experiences of tuberculosis diagnosis and care within a community-based intervention in Ethiopia: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-9

  Tulloch, Olivia ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a   Morishita, Fukushi ^a   Datiko, Daniel G ^a,b   Asnake, Girum ^b   Tesema, Tadesse ^b   Jamal, Habiba ^b   Markos, Paulos ^b   Cuevas, Luis E ^a   Yassin, Mohammed A ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HHA REACH ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

^c TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Close to community; Community perspectives; Health extension workers; Qualitative; TB

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925010517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1523-x     Document Type: Article

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