Factors affecting Continued Participation in Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in a Low-Income,High-Burden Setting

• Main Authors: Michelle May D. Goroh, Christel H.A. van den Boogaard, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Naing Oo Tha, Swe, Fredie Robinson, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Timothy William, Anna P. Ralph
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26208/1/Factors%20Affecting%20Continued%20Participation%20in%20Tuberculosis%20Contact%20Investigation%20in%20a%20Low-Income%2C%20High-Burden%20Setting.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26208/2/Factors%20Affecting%20Continued%20Participation%20in%20Tuberculosis%20Contact%20Investigation%20in%20a%20Low-Income%2C%20High-Burden%20Setting1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26208/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030124

Setting: Outpatient clinics, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; January–April 2018. Objectives: To identify barriers to full participation in tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation. Methods: Cross-sectional study of knowledge, perceptions, and behaviours among TB contacts. This study was conducted among cont...