Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice related to Tuberculosis among Rural and Urban Community of North India

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dc.contributor.authorMittal, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:12:09Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:12:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-06
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis is known as one of the long-standing and dominating health problems affecting people and the extent further escalates in a developing country like India. A pre-evaluated feedback structured questionnaire was validated and adopted to get their quantitative data from 424 respondents. In the present study urban respondents (60.8%) gave affirmative responses regarding awareness of TB, especially with mobile media as their major source of information, followed by information from healthcare workers. Rural respondents were less expressed and deficient on knowledge of TB transmission and preventive methods. Prevention practices toward TB are claimed to be high in urban population because 79.48% believed that early diagnosis, prompt treatment and avoiding poor hygiene and crowded environment are effective strategies to cease the transmission of TB. Effective preventive and informative strategies should be employed in rural border areas to make up for the knowledge gap found among rural and urban populations in this study.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMittal V, Singh V, Kumar H.. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice related to Tuberculosis among Rural and Urban Community of North India. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2023 Jun; 35(2): 222 – 226en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222034
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume35en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2023.v35i02.016en_US
dc.subjectUrban Populationen_US
dc.subjectFeedbacken_US
dc.subjectDeveloping Countriesen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnairesen_US
dc.subjectHygieneen_US
dc.titleAssessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice related to Tuberculosis among Rural and Urban Community of North Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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