Social trust and health seeking behaviours: A longitudinal study of a community-based active tuberculosis case finding program in the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social trust is an important driver of health seeking behaviours and plays a particularly important role for diseases that have a high degree of stigma associated with them, such as tuberculosis (TB). Individuals experiencing poverty also face additional social and financial barriers in accessing care for TB. We examined an active case finding (ACF) initiative embedded in a program targeting those living in poverty (Transform) implemented by International Care Ministries (ICM), a Philippine-based non-governmental organization (NGO), and analyzed how different forms of social trust may affect the initial uptake of ACF.

Methods

Program monitoring data and a cross-sectional survey conducted at the beginning of Transform included six dimensions of soci

SUBMITTER: Lau LLH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7522854 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature