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- Title
Infection Control Measures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an Evaluative Study.
- Authors
Balbino da Silva, Sérgio; Bezerra Silva, Sandy Yasmine; Rêgo de Queiroz, Ana Angélica; Lima de Souza, Nilba; Ale Beraldo, Aline; Galvão Pinto, Erika Simone
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate the adoption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Primary Health Care in a capital of northeastern Brazil. Method: quantitative, evaluative and normative study. The study sample will consist of 235 health professionals from 26 units of Primary Health Care in the city of Natal/RN. The data will be collected through a questionnaire with 53 questions, using the Likert scale, divided into three sections: professional characterization, organizational resources and measures to reduce the transmission of Tuberculosis. The data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics. Expected results: to present information that can assist service managers and health professionals in making decisions regarding the organization and assessment of measures to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TUBERCULOSIS prevention; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; PRIMARY health care; QUANTITATIVE research; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3, p5
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article