Knowledge of Tuberculosis, Services of TB Control Programme and Associated Socio-Demographic Inequity among Rural Participants of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India: A Cross Sectional Study
Background:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of
death worldwide. India is still the highest TB burden country. There is a scarcity
of data on TB knowledge from Rajasthan state of India. Objective:The objective of this study was to estimate the
prevalence of knowledge about TB and services of TB control programme and to
determine its correlates among rural populationof
Jaipur, Rajasthan. Methods: Cross-sectional community based study was
carried out at Model Rural Health Research Unit, Jaipur, a unit of Department
of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of
India. Results: Study reports the result from 1993 adult participants
from 10 villages of 2 sub-districts of district Jaipur. About 88.9% of studied
participants knew that TB is an infectious disease and it spreads from TB
patient to healthy person in close contact. Only 22.3% of participants knew “DOTS is
the treatment for TB”. While, only 58.9% knew “
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