How do private practitioners in Pakistan manage children suspected having tuberculosis? A cross sectional study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15354458
AutoresAashifa Yaqoob (0000-0002-5680-1507, National Institute of Health, autor correspondente), Sven Gudmund Hinderaker (0000-0003-2725-0248, University of Bergen), Razia Fatima (0000-0002-2340-6121, National Institute of Health), Hina Najmi (0000-0001-9287-2380, Health Services Academy), Anwar-ul-Haq Anwar-ul-Haq (Government of Pakistan)
Ano2021
Volume21
Fascículo1
Páginas71-71
Data de publicação2021-01-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditoraBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-020-10053-4
PMID33413206
OpenAlexW3113581818
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas30

This study showed that many private providers referred children suspected having TB to laboratories for further diagnosis, but the cases identified in these investigations were often not notified to the NTP. This problem could be resolved by strengthening the referral linkages between private health providers, NTP laboratories and treatment centres through capacity building and training of their staff

Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Failure to thrive · Family medicine · Health care · Intensive care medicine · Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Pathology · Public health · Pulmonologists · Tuberculin · Tuberculosis · Tuberculosis diagnosis · Child and Adolescent Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Nursing · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Pediatrics