An Exploration of Barriers Associated with Low Voluntary Counselling and Testing Uptake by Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Primary Health Care Clinics, Buffalo City Municipality, Eastern Cape.

• Main Author: Jafta, Zukiswa.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Tuberculosis (TB); HIV; TB and HIV co-infection; TB and HIV dual treatment; Voluntary Counselling and Testing; VCT uptake among TB patients; Primary Health care clinics; Barriers; Eastern Cape; South Africa.
• Online Access: http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1614_1259920179

<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <p align="left">The aim of the study is to explore the barriers associated with low VCT uptake by the TB patients attending primary health care clinics within the Buffalo City municipality. <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The study population was drawn from TB patients attending the primary health care facilities in Buffalo city municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. Eight participants were purposively selected to include those who had accepted VCT as well as those who did not.</font></font></p> </font></font></p>