Interventions pathways to reduce tuberculosis-related stigma: a literature review and conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma is vital to achieving the World Health Organisation's End TB Strategy target of eliminating TB. However, the process and impact evaluation of interventions to reduce TB-stigma are limited. This literature review aimed to examine the quality, design, implementation challenges, and successes of TB-stigma intervention studies and create a novel conceptual framework of pathways to TB-stigma reduction.

Method

We searched relevant articles recorded in four scientific databases from 1999 to 2022, using pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, supplemented by the snowball method and complementary grey literature searches. We assessed the quality of studies using the Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool, then reviewed study char

SUBMITTER: Nuttall C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9502609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature