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- Title
Awareness Regarding Tuberculosis in an Urban Setting of Varanasi.
- Authors
Kansal, Sangeeta; Kumar, Alok
- Abstract
Research question: What is the extent of knowledge about tuberculosis and different components of RNTCP among people residing in an urban area of Varanasi? Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge of residents of study area regarding tuberculosis and different component of RNTCP. 2. To identify socio-demographic correlates influencing the knowledge of population about tuberculosis and RNTCP. Study Design: Community based cross sectional study. Setting: The Study was carried out in an urban area of Varanasi district. Results: A total of 667 subjects were interviewed. It was found that about one third of the study subjects were not aware about the correct cause of tuberculosis as germs. The study reveals that 85.8% study subjects had knowledge of DOTS centre and 52.6% knew about DOTS provider. Duration of treatment of tuberculosis ranged from 6 to 9 months was known to 47.0% subjects while 32.0% had no idea about it. Majority (64%) mentioned/ reported that stigma is the main reason for delay in seeking treatment. Still stigma associated with TB is widely prevalent. Approximately 88.0% of them knew that tuberculosis is curable. Conclusion: Overall knowledge of population of urban area was found to be fairly good. Community based efforts are also required to identify the DOTS provider as major change agent in the demand generation as well as service provision. As the programme is based on passive surveillance, IEC strategies should be tailor made & suited to all the needs of a sub population.
- Subjects
VARANASI (Uttar Pradesh, India); TUBERCULOSIS research; AWARENESS; URBAN health; HEALTH literacy; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; ETIOLOGY of tuberculosis
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2014, Vol 5, Issue 1, p202
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/j.0976-5506.5.1.046