Barriers and facilitators to accessing tuberculosis care in Nepal: a qualitative study to inform the design of a socioeconomic support intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Psychosocial and economic (socioeconomic) barriers, including poverty, stigma and catastrophic costs, impede access to tuberculosis (TB) services in low-income countries. We aimed to characterise the socioeconomic barriers and facilitators of accessing TB services in Nepal to inform the design of a locally appropriate socioeconomic support intervention for TB-affected households.

Design

From August 2018 to July 2019, we conducted an exploratory qualitative study consisting of semistructured focus group discussions (FGDs) with purposively selected multisectoral stakeholders. The data were managed in NVivo V.12, coded by consensus and analysed thematically.

Setting

The study was conducted in four districts, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Dhanusha and Mahottari, which hav

SUBMITTER: Dixit K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8488704 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature