Health worker perspectives on barriers to delivery of routine tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation services in Uganda: A qualitative study to guide clinic-based interventions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,b,d   Miller, Cecily R ^a,b   Tapley, Asa ^b   Haguma, Priscilla ^d   Ochom, Emmanuel ^d   Ackerman, Sara ^b   Davis, J Lucian ^a,b,d   Katamba, Achilles ^c,d   Handley, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Barriers; Diagnosis; PRECEDE; Provider behavior; Qualitative research; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84927934926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0668-0     Document Type: Article

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