Identifying barriers to and facilitators of tuberculosis contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda: A behavioral approach

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ayakaka, Irene ^a   Ackerman, Sara ^b   Ggita, Joseph M ^a   Kajubi, Phoebe ^a   Dowdy, David ^c   Haberer, Jessica E ^d   Fair, Elizabeth ^b   Hopewell, Philip ^b   Handley, Margaret A ^b,e   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^b   Katamba, Achilles ^a   Davis, J Lucian ^f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change Wheel framework; COM B model; Household contact investigation; Implementation science; Lay health workers; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 85014867509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0561-4     Document Type: Article

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