评估南非农村地区社区对结核病预防治疗的知识
Carlo Foppiano Palacios1,2, Anthony P Moll3,4, Roman Shrestha5
1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. foppianopalacios-car@cooperhealth.edu.
BMC public health
|March 7, 2025
概括
南非农村地区的社区成员对结核病 (TB) 和结核病预防疗法 (TPT) 的了解很少. 改善公共卫生教育和咨询对于扩大结核病预防治疗至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 卫生教育卫生教育教育
背景情况:
- 结核病预防疗法 (TPT) 有效地减少了艾滋病毒感染者的结核病发病率.
- 对TPT的低优化实施需要了解社区知识.
- 关于社区对结核病和TPT的认识的数据对于有效的项目交付至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估社区成员对结核病 (TB) 和结核病预防治疗 (TPT) 的知识.
- 确定影响结核病和TPT知识的因素.
- 为促进南非农村地区TPT实施的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在南非克瓦祖鲁纳塔尔州Msinga农村的社区活动上进行了横截面调查.
- 104名成年居民进行了匿名调查,调查他们对结核病和TPT的了解.
- 数据分析包括描述性统计,奇平方测试,克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯,线性回归和探索性因子分析 (EFA).
主要成果:
- 总体而言,结核病知识很差,EFA揭示了两个关键知识领域:关于结核病起源/传播的信念和理解结核病作为一种疾病.
- 37.5%的受访者不知道TPT.
- 具有较高TPT知识的个人受到家庭照顾的激励,并知道结核病是可以预防的.
结论:
- 南非农村社区对结核病和TPT的知识不足.
- 对TPT的认识与更好的整体结核病知识有关.
- 加强公共卫生教育和个人咨询对于扩大TPT计划至关重要.
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