Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?

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Autors principals:	Shafayetul Islam, Qazi, Akramul Islam, Md, Islam, Shayla, Masud Ahmed, Syed
Altres autors:	James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
Format:	Article
Idioma:	English
Publicat:	© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd. 2017
Matèries:	Chronic cough DOTS Workplace TB prevention and control Bangladesh
Accés en línia:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7441 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4

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spelling	10361-74412018-03-27T05:13:47Z Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh? Shafayetul Islam, Qazi Akramul Islam, Md Islam, Shayla Masud Ahmed, Syed James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Chronic cough DOTS Workplace TB prevention and control Bangladesh This article was published in BMC Public Health [© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd.] and the definite version is available at: http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4 Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, TB prevention and control in work places remained largely an uncharted area for NTP. There is dearth of information regarding manufacturing workers' current knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on pulmonary TB which is essential for designing a TB prevention and control programme in the workplaces. This study aimed to fill-in this knowledge gap. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was done in multiple workplaces like garment factories, jute mills, bidi/tobacco factories, flour mills, and steel mills using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Data on workers' KAP related to pulmonary TB were collected from 4800 workers in face-to-face interview. Results: The workers were quite knowledgeable about symptoms of pulmonary TB (72 %) and free- of-cost sputum test (86 %) and drug treatment (88 %), but possessed superficial knowledge regarding causation (4 %) and mode of transmission (48 %). Only 11 % knew about preventive measures e.g., taking BCG vaccine and/or refraining from spitting here and there. Knowledge about treatment duration (43 %) and consequences of incomplete treatment (11 %) was poor. Thirty-one percent were afraid of the disease, 21 % would feel embarrassed (and less dignified) if they would have TB, and 50 % were afraid of isolation if neighbours would come to know about it. Workers with formal education (AOR 1.92; 95 % CI 1.61, 2.29) and exposure to community health workers (CHW) (AOR 31.60; 95 % CI 18.75, 53.35) were more likely to have TB knowledge score ≥ mean. Workers with knowledge score ≥ mean (AOR = 1.91; 95 % CI:1.44, 2.53) and exposure to CHWs either alone (AOR = 42.4; 95 % CI: 9.94, 180.5) or in combination with print media (AOR = 37.35; 95 % CI: 9.1, 180.5) were more likely to go to DOTS centre for treatment. Only around 43 % had sputum examination despite having chronic cough of ≥ 3 weeks duration. Conclusion: The workers had inadequate knowledge regarding its causation, transmission and prevention which may interfere with appropriate treatment-seeking for chronic cough including sputum test. NTP needs to be cognizant of these factors while designing a workplace TB prevention and control programme for Bangladesh Published 2017-01-02T06:46:01Z 2017-01-02T06:46:01Z 2015 Article Islam, Q. S., Islam, M. A., Islam, S., & Ahmed, S. M. (2015). Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: How knowledgeable are the workers in bangladesh? BMC Public Health, 15(1) doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4 14712458 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7441 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4 en http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4 © 2015 BioMed Central Ltd.
institution	Brac University
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language	English
topic	Chronic cough DOTS Workplace TB prevention and control Bangladesh
spellingShingle	Chronic cough DOTS Workplace TB prevention and control Bangladesh Shafayetul Islam, Qazi Akramul Islam, Md Islam, Shayla Masud Ahmed, Syed Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
description	This article was published in BMC Public Health [© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd.] and the definite version is available at: http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2622-4
author2	James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
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title	Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
title_short	Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
title_full	Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
title_fullStr	Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
title_full_unstemmed	Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
title_sort	prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in bangladesh?
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Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?

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