%0 Journal Article
%T Knowledge of Tuberculosis, Services of TB Control Programme and Associated Socio-Demographic Inequity among Rural Participants of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India: A Cross Sectional Study
%A Praveen Kumar Anand
%A Vikas Dhikav
%A Swarn Lata
%A Monika Rathore
%A Gurudayal Singh Toteja
%A Bhawar Manohar Singh
%A Chet Ram Meena
%A Murli Lal Mathur
%J Journal of Tuberculosis Research
%P 49-61
%@ 2329-8448
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jtr.2023.112005
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background:</span></b></span><span><span><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of
death worldwide. India is still the highest TB burden country. There is a scarcity
of data on TB knowledge from Rajasthan state of India. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b></span></span></span><span><span><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The objective of this study was to estimate the
prevalence of knowledge about TB and services of TB control programme and to
determine its correlates among rural population</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of
Jaipur, Rajasthan. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Cross-sectional community based study was
carried out at Model Rural Health Research Unit, Jaipur, a unit of Department
of Health Research, Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare, Government of
India. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Study reports the result from 1993 adult participants
from 10 villages of 2 sub-districts of district Jaipur. About 88.9% of studied
participants knew that TB is an infectious disease and it spreads from TB
patient to healthy person in close contact. Only 22.3% of participants knew </span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">DOTS is
the treatment for TB</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. While, only 58.9% knew </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span
%K India
%K Inequity
%K Knowledge
%K Tuberculosis
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125501