DOTS reaches socially marginalized population in the community: a study from a rural area of South India.

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dc.contributor.authorNarayanan, P Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorGopi, P Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorSubramani, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorSantha, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekaran, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorMuniyandi, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorRadhakrishnan, Sen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-28en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T19:34:40Z
dc.date.available2008-09-28en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T19:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-28en_US
dc.description.abstractWe report here that the Directly Observed Treatment, Short course (DOTS) is reaching all tuberculosis patients in the community irrespective of social classification based on the analysis from the tuberculosis prevalence survey and programme performance during 1999-2003 from a rural area in Tamilnadu, South India. New smear- positive cases treated under a DOTS programme were classified in two groups namely; scheduled caste living in colony and other population. The prevalence of smear- positive cases among the scheduled caste population was 1.9 times higher than the other population and this was reflected in the notification also. The successful treatment outcome was also similar in these two groups (75% and 78% respectively; overall 77%). From these findings it is concluded that people living in colony have equal access to DOTS as those in the village.en_US
dc.description.affiliationTuberculosis Research Centre, Mayor V.R. Ramanathan Road, Chetput, Chennai-600 031.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNarayanan PR, Gopi PG, Subramani R, Santha T, Chandrasekaran V, Muniyandi M, Radhakrishnan S. DOTS reaches socially marginalized population in the community: a study from a rural area of South India. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2008 Sep; 40(3): 199-204en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/113054
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshChi-Square Distributionen_US
dc.subject.meshDirectly Observed Therapy --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshMycobacterium tuberculosis --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Healthen_US
dc.subject.meshSocial Classen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshSputum --microbiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshTuberculosis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleDOTS reaches socially marginalized population in the community: a study from a rural area of South India.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.en_US
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