Mothers' perspectives of physical and psychological issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children living with tuberculosis: A qualitative study

Tornu, Eric; Dzansi, Gladys; Wilson, Donna M.; Richter, Solina; Aziato, Lydia

doi:10.1002/nop2.1499

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“…Little research has been carried out to understand the perspectives and recommendations of these different caregivers on providing quality care (Fergusson et al 2010 ). Tornu et al ( 2022 ) attest that ill children living with TB require considerable parental or guardian care to survive. Mothers typically play the traditional role of primary caregivers for children in most settings, including Ghana.…”

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Caregivers’ experiences and practices for malnourished children undergoing tuberculosis treatment in Eswatini

Tsabedze,

Habedi

2024

Health SA Gesondheid

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Background: Eswatini is one of the countries affected by malnutrition and tuberculosis (TB) and some cases remained untreated. These two conditions are major public health problems.Aim: This study aimed to explore and describe caregivers’ experiences and practices of children’s nutrition during treatment.Setting: Baylor College of Nursing Children’s Foundation – Eswatini (BCMCF-SD).Methods: A qualitative study following a narrative design used purposive sampling to identify 12 caregivers of malnourished children and informed consent obtained. In-depth interview used semi-structured interview guide and digital voice recorder. Field notes were taken, transcribed, translated and analysed using NVivo version 11.Results: Two themes emerged as home’s nutritional situation and health facility’s nutritional support. The study found that most of the caregivers gave children unbalanced diet, while those less than a year were mixed-fed. Some caregivers reported experience of lost breadwinners, unemployment and high number of children than what the family could afford. The caregivers’ practices around food by prescription included inadequate supply of the ready-to-use therapeutic food and sharing of prescribed food supplies with other healthy children.Conclusion: During treatment, children’s caregivers need short health education and support. The Ministry of Health in Eswatini should consider using some comic books to guide that. Moreover, upscale vocational training promotes entrepreneurship and agricultural activities.Contribution: Association of malnutrition and TB outcomes has provided evidence-based information for more comprehensive integration between nutrition programmes and tuberculosis programmes. The study’s findings contributed to the growing body of knowledge about the association between malnutrition and diagnosed drug-susceptible TB among children aged from 0 – 15 years.

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Caregivers’ experiences and practices for malnourished children undergoing tuberculosis treatment in Eswatini

Tsabedze,

Habedi

2024

Health SA Gesondheid

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Mothers' perspectives of physical and psychological issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children living with tuberculosis: A qualitative study

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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious airborne disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Narendran & Swaminathan, 2016).Although it is an age-old life-threatening disease, currently it is the leading cause of death among children who experience infectious diseases worldwide (UNICEF, 2020). In 2020, out of the estimated 9.9 million persons who fell ill with TB globally, children below the age of 15 years accounted for about 11% (1.1 million) (World Health Organization, 2021a, 2021b. In Ghana, 5% of all new TB case notifications in 2020 were among children below the age of 15 years (World Health Organization, 2021a). Ill children living with TB will require considerable parental or guardian care to survive. Mothers typically play the traditional role of primary caregivers for children in most settings, including Ghana (Kyu et al., 2018). As such, it is important to learn if and how the mothers' burden of care associated with their caregiver role changes when their children fall ill with TB and must be nursed back to health.

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The impact of raising a child with a developmental or physical health condition in Ethiopia

de Leeuw,

Ester,

Kinfe

et al. 2024

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Mothers' perspectives of physical and psychological issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children living with tuberculosis: A qualitative study

Cited by 3 publications

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Caregivers’ experiences and practices for malnourished children undergoing tuberculosis treatment in Eswatini

Caregivers’ experiences and practices for malnourished children undergoing tuberculosis treatment in Eswatini

Mothers' perspectives of physical and psychological issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children living with tuberculosis: A qualitative study

The impact of raising a child with a developmental or physical health condition in Ethiopia

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