Impact of geographic distance on appraisal delay for active TB treatment seeking in Uganda

A network analysis of the Kawempe Community Health Cohort Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15379150
AutoresKyle Fluegge (0000-0003-1822-4224, Case Western Reserve University, autor de correspondencia), LaShaunda L Malone (Case Western Reserve University), Mary Nsereko (MUJHU Research Collaboration), Brenda Okware (MUJHU Research Collaboration), Christian Wejse (0000-0002-2534-2942, Aarhus University), Hussein Kisingo (MUJHU Research Collaboration), Ezekiel Mupere (0000-0002-8746-9009, Makerere University), W Henry Boom (0000-0001-5760-9595, Case Western Reserve University), Catherine M Stein (0000-0002-9763-5023, MUJHU Research Collaboration)
Año2018
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas798-798
Fecha de publicación2018-06-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditorialBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-5648-6
PMID29940918
OpenAlexW2811360371
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas30

Of the four geographic distance measures, network travel driving time was a better and more robust predictor of mean delay in this setting. Including network travel driving time with other risk factors may be important in identifying populations especially vulnerable to delay

Biostatistics · Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Pathology · Public health · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology