PMID- 24432287
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140116
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 2248-2997 (Print)
IS  - 2248-2997 (Electronic)
IS  - 2248-2997 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Jun 1
TI  - Evaluation of public awareness and attitude to pulmonary tuberculosis in a 
      Nigerian rural community.
PG  - 52-62
LID - 10.11599/germs.2013.1037 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Community based interventions have long been linked to tuberculosis 
      control efforts. Effectively treated and cured patients living within their home 
      communities are often the best advocates and may become the drivers of social 
      mobilization to support control of tuberculosis. METHODS: A descriptive 
      cross-sectional knowledge, attitude, behavioral and practice (KABP) survey on 
      tuberculosis was carried out in a rural Nigerian community. We used the 
      multi-stage sampling method for subject selection. We administered an interview 
      schedule consisting of a pre-tested structured interviewer-administered 
      questionnaire, together with in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. 
      RESULTS: We applied the questionnaire to 1186 people in designated rural 
      households. Most of the participants, (1154, 97.3%) had prior knowledge and 
      awareness about tuberculosis as a disease, 612 (51.6%) considered tuberculosis a 
      result of HIV/AIDS epidemics or malnutrition, and 451 (38%) believed that it can 
      be cured by Western medicine. The unwillingness of respondents to relate with TB 
      patients was generally high (97%, 1150), even where levels of awareness and 
      knowledge were high. CONCLUSION: These results should be used to orient 
      tuberculosis control programs, especially those aimed at mobilizing people for 
      tuberculosis control and eradication.
FAU - Anochie, Philip Ifesinachi
AU  - Anochie PI
AD  - MD, TB/HIV and AIDS Research Group, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, 
      Lagos, Nigeria.
FAU - Onyeneke, Edwina Chinwe
AU  - Onyeneke EC
AD  - MD, St. Joseph's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Owerri, Imo state, 
      Nigeria.
FAU - Onyeozirila, Anthony Chidiebere
AU  - Onyeozirila AC
AD  - MD, Madonna University, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Elele, Rivers state, 
      Nigeria.
FAU - Igbolekwu, Leonard Chibuzo
AU  - Igbolekwu LC
AD  - MD, Imo State University, Department of Government and Public Administration, 
      Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria.
FAU - Onyeneke, Bestman Chukwuemeka
AU  - Onyeneke BC
AD  - MD, National Open University of Nigeria, Department of Criminal Law and Ethics, 
      Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria.
FAU - Ogu, Angelina Chinyere
AU  - Ogu AC
AD  - MD, University of Sheffield, Department of Medicine, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130601
PL  - Romania
TA  - Germs
JT  - Germs
JID - 101596099
PMC - PMC3882830
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Tuberculosis
OT  - knowledge
OT  - perception
OT  - rural
OT  - survey
COIS- Conflicts of interest All authors - none to declare.
EDAT- 2014/01/17 06:00
MHDA- 2014/01/17 06:01
PMCR- 2013/06/01
CRDT- 2014/01/17 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/01/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/01/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/01/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - germs.2013.1037 [pii]
AID - 10.11599/germs.2013.1037 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Germs. 2013 Jun 1;3(2):52-62. doi: 10.11599/germs.2013.1037. eCollection 2013 Jun 
      1.