2025
Evaluating community knowledge of tuberculosis preventive therapy in rural South Africa
Foppiano Palacios C, Moll A, Shrestha R, Kompala T, Davis J, Charalambous S, Chimoyi L, Chihota V, Andrews L, Shenoi S. Evaluating community knowledge of tuberculosis preventive therapy in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 918. PMID: 40055618, PMCID: PMC11889810, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21719-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKnowledge of TBTB knowledgeExploratory factor analysisCommunity membersPublic health educationRural South AfricaCross-sectional studyPreventive therapyTuberculosis preventive therapyMultivariate linear regressionLinear regressionHealth educationChi-square testMedian scoreCounseling effortsCommunity eventsDescriptive statisticsEvaluate knowledgeTesting initiativesCultural beliefsTB incidenceCommunity knowledgeKwaZulu NatalSouth AfricaFactor analysisAdaptation and validation of perceived HIV and TB stigma scales among persons with TB.
Ponticiello M, Nanziri L, Hennein R, Ochom E, Gupta A, Turimumahoro P, White M, Armstrong-Hough M, Katamba A, Davis J. Adaptation and validation of perceived HIV and TB stigma scales among persons with TB. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2025, 29: 127-134. PMID: 40052658, PMCID: PMC12057618, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceived Social SupportSocial supportTB stigma scaleConvergent validityCommunity health workersAssess convergent validityEvaluate internal validityTB-affected householdsExperiences of personsCross-sectional studyInternal validityMultidisciplinary research teamMeasure stigmaOne-factor solutionTB stigmaStigma ScaleHIV ScaleHIV stigmaEvidence of convergent validityHealth workersFactor analysisExploratory factor analysisCognitive interviewsPsychometric propertiesMarginal model fit
2018
Social determinants of tuberculosis evaluation among household contacts: a secondary analysis
Shelby T, Meyer AJ, Ochom E, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Katamba A, Davis JL, Armstrong-Hough M. Social determinants of tuberculosis evaluation among household contacts: a secondary analysis. Public Health Action 2018, 8: 118-123. PMID: 30271727, PMCID: PMC6147061, DOI: 10.5588/pha.18.0025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTB evaluationHousehold contactsContact investigationSocial determinantsHousehold contact investigationCross-sectional studyTuberculosis evaluationTB patientsPrimary level educationTuberculosis unitSputum collectionControl armIndividual symptomsSecondary analysisLow incomeSpecific mechanismsSocio-economic determinantsMedian incomeHead of householdFurther researchSocio-economic factorsPatientsDeterminantsClinicEvaluation
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