Implementation of an integrated care strategy for child contacts of tuberculosis patients: a quasi-experimental study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem. Although the visibility of the epidemic in this population group has increased, further research is needed.

Objective

To design, implement and evaluate an integrated care strategy for children under five years old who are household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Medellín and the Metropolitan Area.

Methods

A quasi-experimental study in which approximately 300 children who are household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients from Medellín and the Metropolitan Area will be evaluated and recruited over one year. A subgroup of these children, estimated at 85, who require treatment for latent tuberculosis, will receive

SUBMITTER: Benjumea-Bedoya D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature