"It's about time they taught us": a qualitative study evaluating the barriers to finding and screening child contacts under five at risk for TB in Gauteng Province, South Africa from the provider and caregiver perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inadequate numbers of children under five years of age who are exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in the home (child contact) are initiated on TB preventive treatment (TPT) in South Africa. We assessed barriers of initiating isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in this age group.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study at two primary health clinics in the Ekurhuleni district in Gauteng Province. Between April and July 2019, we enrolled facility managers, TB staff and parents or legal guardians of child contacts (caregivers) attending for care, at the two facilities. Semi-structured questionnaires, facility observations and in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide were used to collect data. Findings from the semi-structured questionnaires with facility

SUBMITTER: Munedzimwe F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722712 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature