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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Barriers to care seeking in directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) clinics and tuberculosis control in Southern Nigeria: A qualitative analysis
International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Volume 27, No. 1, Year 2006
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An understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural realities of persons infected with tuberculosis (TB) in communities is important to re-strategizing control programs because these realities often come as constraints to the use of the directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) in Nigeria. In-depth interviews and focus group discussion were used to study barriers to attendance at DOTS clinics for both prompt diagnosis and treatment of smear positive cases in Nigerian communities. A number of common and interrelated factors form barriers to use of DOTS clinics. These include perceived causes of the infection, for example witchcraft, that mitigate against an orthodox solution to TB and thereby affect perceived efficacy of DOTS. Another factor is perceived high cost in resource poor settings. © 2007, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Okeibunor, Joseph Chukwudi
South Africa, Edinburgh
University of
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Onyeneho, Nkechi Genevieve
South Africa, Edinburgh
University of
Chukwu, Joseph Ngozi
Nigeria, Enugu
German Leprosy Relief Association, Enugu
Post, Erik
Germany, Wurzburg
German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.2190/IQ.27.1.c
ISSN:
0272684X
e-ISSN:
15413519
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Nigeria