Threats and Interventions During the Treatment of Tuberculosis in an Inner-city District

Social Support, Quality of Care, and Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment in Peru: The Mediating Role of Nurse Health Education

“…22 Therefore, the understanding of health information allows a correct follow-up of the treatment. 23 It is important to mention that increased adherence to treatment may be due to patients having a good understanding of TB prevention and treatment; therefore, health education on treatment and comprehensive patient counseling is an important step in adherence to medication and treatment of the disease. 51 …”

“…22 Therefore, understanding health information allows for proper treatment follow-up. 23 Health education about treatment by nurses is essential for both social support and quality of care, which in turn promotes better adherence.…”

Tuberculosis and the Effectiveness of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) to Control Tuberculosis: A Narrative Review

“…The focus was on decentralization of the health care services and dedicated diagnostics and supervisory autonomy was Although the phase one and two of the RNTCP were almost the same the services were upgraded in phase two and the inclusion of multi-drug-resistant TB was covered under the DOTS plus program. Other aspects are often undermined but need a strategic overlook such as advocacy about getting treated post-infection, communication of the messages and campaigns which helps to ease the tense situation, and social mobilization to deal with any kind of hesitancy attached to it [29][30][31]. Along with demystifying, the myths associated with it are also included in phase 2 of the RNTCP.…”

Basic characteristics for a good tuberculosis prevention and control programmes currently in Spain

“…Entre sus principales funciones, debería figurar la realización de la encuesta epidemiológica y la coordinación con la atención primaria, los hospitales y los equipos de tratamiento directamente observado (TDO), para garantizar el cumplimiento del tratamiento y el censo y la indicación del estudio de contactos. La incorporación, además, de agentes de salud comunitaria que actúen como mediadores están dando, desde hace 20 años, a nuestro PPCTB, en Barcelona, resultados muy positivos, siempre trabajando mano a mano con enfermería, las unidades clínicas de TB (UCTB) y los equipos de TDO [7][8][9][10] .…”

“…The inclusion of community health workers who act as mediators has given very positive results over the last 20 years in our TBPCP in Barcelona. There, the TB clinical units and the DOTS teams have constantly worked hand in hand with PHN 7 - 10 .…”