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
2022
Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in Ugandan Community Health Workers
Hennein R, Nanziri L, Musinguzi J, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Ochom E, Gupta A, Halder A, Katamba A, White M, Pietrzak R, Armstrong-Hough M, Davis J. Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in Ugandan Community Health Workers. Global Implementation Research And Applications 2022, 2: 371-383. PMID: 37736283, PMCID: PMC10512428, DOI: 10.1007/s43477-022-00064-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneral Self-Efficacy ScaleSelf-Efficacy ScaleFactor structureTotal scalePromising psychometric propertiesScale's factor structureThree-factor solutionGood model fitExploratory factor analysisCognitive interviewsDiscriminant validityConvergent validitySocial supportGeneral SelfPsychometric propertiesInternal consistencyEfficacy ScaleFactor analysisHigher educational attainmentModel fitMultidisciplinary research teamCultural adaptationEducational attainmentEnglishValidity
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