Health care seeking among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects and patients in rural Ethiopia: a community-based study |
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| Authors: | Solomon Yimer Carol Holm-Hansen Tilahun Yimaldu Gunnar Bjune |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;(2) Amhara Regional State Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;(3) Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Background Health care seeking is a dynamic process that is influenced by socio-demographic, cultural and other factors. In Ethiopia, there are limited studies regarding the health seeking behaviour of tuberculosis (TB) suspects and TB patients. However, a thorough understanding of patients' motivation and actions is crucial to understanding TB and the treatment of disease. Such insights would conceivably help to reduce delay in diagnosis, improve treatment adherence and thereby reduce transmission of TB in the community. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze health care seeking among TB suspects and pulmonary TB (PTB) cases in a rural district of the Amhara Region in Ethiopia. |
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