PMID- 34880948
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221102
IS  - 1757-1774 (Print)
IS  - 1757-1782 (Electronic)
IS  - 1757-1782 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Nov
TI  - Tuberculosis prevalence, knowledge of transmission and its association with 
      vaccination of children.
PG  - 259-268
LID - 10.1177/17571774211012777 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Understanding the perceptions of patients regarding tuberculosis (TB) 
      will enable better design of a comprehensive, client-oriented program for the 
      disease. METHODS: This study was conducted district-wise across India in 
      2015-2016 as part of the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS). RESULTS: We 
      discovered that the prevalence of TB remains significantly high, with quite a 
      high percentage of people being unaware of the exact cause of disease 
      proliferation. The majority of people believed that touching or sharing utensils 
      can be a source of TB. This perception affected the participants' responses about 
      seeking diagnosis and treatment. However, it is a good sign that most people knew 
      that TB is a curable disease that can be prevented to some extent if immunization 
      with the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is done at the correct stage. So, 
      a large section of the population had their children vaccinated. In addition, 
      they would go for diagnosis if they had symptoms suggestive of the disease. 
      CONCLUSION: Findings from this study are indicative of the fact that a large 
      population is aware that health facilities can make a significant contribution to 
      the treatment of tuberculosis. There is a need to further investigate how this 
      information could potentially be used to enhance early seeking of appropriate 
      services among TB patients.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2021.
FAU - Das, Anisha
AU  - Das A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8226-184X
AD  - Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Florida State University, USA.
FAU - Lakhan, Tejal
AU  - Lakhan T
AD  - Department of Bio-statistics and Demography, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
FAU - Unisa, Sayeed
AU  - Unisa S
AD  - Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210622
PL  - England
TA  - J Infect Prev
JT  - Journal of infection prevention
JID - 101469725
PMC - PMC8647637
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BCG vaccine
OT  - occurrence
OT  - perceptions
OT  - spread
OT  - treatment
OT  - tuberculosis
COIS- Declaration of conflicting interest: The authors declare that they have no 
      conflicts of interest in publication of the manuscript.
EDAT- 2021/12/10 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/10 06:01
PMCR- 2022/11/01
CRDT- 2021/12/09 07:01
PHST- 2021/01/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/04/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/12/09 07:01 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/12/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_17571774211012777 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/17571774211012777 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Infect Prev. 2021 Nov;22(6):259-268. doi: 10.1177/17571774211012777. Epub 2021 
      Jun 22.