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A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Determinants of Tuberculosis-Associated Stigma in Rural and Urban Communities of Lagos State, Nigeria
| العنوان: | A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Determinants of Tuberculosis-Associated Stigma in Rural and Urban Communities of Lagos State, Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | David A. Oladele, Mobolanle R. Balogun, Kofoworola Odeyemi, Babatunde L. Salako |
| المصدر: | Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, Vol 2020 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background. Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health concern in Nigeria. TB-associated stigma could lead to delayed diagnosis and care, treatment default, and multidrug resistance. Understanding of TB-associated stigma is therefore important for TB control. The study is aimed at determining and comparing the knowledge, attitude, and determinants of TB-associated stigma. Methodology. This was a comparative cross-sectional study among adults in urban and rural areas of Lagos State, Nigeria. Respondents were selected through a multistage sampling technique and interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire, which contained the Explanatory Model Interviewed Catalogue (EMIC) stigma scale. IBM SPSS Statistics Software package version 20 was used for analysis. Results. A total of 790 respondents were interviewed. High proportions of respondents in rural and urban areas were aware of TB (97.5% and 99.2%, respectively). Respondents in the urban areas had overall better knowledge of TB compared to the rural areas (59.4% vs. 23%; p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2090-150X 2090-1518 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2090-150X; https://doaj.org/toc/2090-1518 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2020/1964759 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/58ced6ca3a7e44f6925c6cc4ec4190c2 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.58ced6ca3a7e44f6925c6cc4ec4190c2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2090150X 20901518 |
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| DOI: | 10.1155/2020/1964759 |