Improving access to tuberculosis preventive treatment for children in Ethiopia: designing a home-based contact management intervention for the CHIP-TB trial through formative research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) is a long-standing recommendation for children exposed to TB but remains poorly implemented. Home-based contact management may increase access and coverage of TPT among children exposed to TB in their households.

Methods

Sixty in-depth interviews were conducted with key informants including program managers, TB providers (known as TB focal persons), health extension workers and caregivers whose children had recently engaged with TB prevention services in Oromia, Ethiopia in 2021 to understand the barriers and facilitators to providing home-based TB prevention services for children aged < 15 years. Thematic content analysis was conducted including systematically coding each interview.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Salazar-Austin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11386379 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature