TB treatment initiation and adherence in a South African community influenced more by perceptions than by knowledge of tuberculosis

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health concern. Inadequate case finding and case holding has been cited as major barrier to the control of TB. The TB literature is written almost entirely from a biomedical perspective, while recent studies show that it is imperative to understand lay percep...

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Main Authors: Cramm, Jane M, Finkenflügel, Harry J M, Moller, Valerie, Nieboer, Anna P
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010657