Improving screening and management of latent tuberculosis infection: development and evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection primary care model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Australia, demand for specialist infectious diseases services exceeds capacity to provide timely management of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in areas of high refugee and asylum seeker settlement. A model for treating LTBI patients in primary care has been developed and piloted in a refugee-focused primary health service (Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing [MHRHW]) and a universal primary care clinic. This study reports on the development and evaluation of the model, focusing on the model feasibility, and barriers and enablers to its success.

Methods

A convergent mix-methods design was used to evaluate the model for treating LTBI patients in primary care, where a prospective cohort study of patients commencing treatment either at MHRHW or the univ

SUBMITTER: Kunin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8756639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature