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Factors influencing active tuberculosis case-finding policy development and implementation: a scoping review.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Community views on active case finding for tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Early detection of tuberculosis: a systematic review.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2024Review
- Stigma, depression, and quality of life among people with pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed through active and passive case finding in Nepal: a prospective cohort study.BMC global and public health · 2024Article
- Implementing active surveillance for TB: A descriptive survey of healthcare workers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Iterative evaluation of mobile computer-assisted digital chest x-ray screening for TB improves efficiency, yield, and outcomes in Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers to implementing chest radiography in tuberculosis systematic screening of clinically high-risk groups in Ethiopia: A qualitative study.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Beyond latent and active tuberculosis: a scoping review of conceptual frameworks.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve case finding for tuberculosis: developing consensus to motivate investment.BMC global and public health · 2023Article
- Economic evaluation of a community health worker model for tuberculosis care in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: a mixed-methods Social Return on Investment Analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Assessment of Family Tuberculosis Contact Screening Practice and its Associated Factors Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Positive Patients in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Individuals' Vulnerability Based Active Surveillance for TB: Experiences from India.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Determinants of losses in the tuberculosis infection cascade of care among children and adolescent contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis cases: A Brazilian multi-centre longitudinal study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore antecedents, components and influencing factors on active case-finding (ACF) policy development and implementation.
designScoping review, searching MEDLINE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the World Health Organization (WHO) Library from January 1968 to January 2018. We excluded studies focusing on latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, passive case-finding, childhood TB and studies about effectiveness, yield, accuracy and impact without descriptions of how this evidence has/could influence ACF policy or implementation. We included any type of study written in English, and conducted frequency and thematic analyses.
resultsSeventy-three articles fulfilled our eligibility criteria. Most (67%) were published after 2010. The studies were conducted in all WHO regions, but primarily in Africa (22%), Europe (23%) and the Western-Pacific region (12%). Forty-one percent of the studies were classified as quantitative, followed by reviews (22%) and qualitative studies (12%). Most articles focused on ACF for tuberculosis contacts (25%) or migrants (32%). Fourteen percent of the articles described community-based screening of high-risk populations. Fifty-nine percent of studies reported influencing factors for ACF implementation; mostly linked to the health system (eg, resources) and the community/individual (eg, social determinants of health). Only two articles highlighted factors influencing ACF policy development (eg, politics). Six articles described WHO's ACF-related recommendations as important antecedent for ACF. Key components of successful ACF implementation include health system capacity, mechanisms for integration, education and collaboration for ACF.
conclusionWe identified some main themes regarding the antecedents, components and influencing factors for ACF policy development and implementation. While we know much about facilitators and barriers for ACF policy implementation, we know less about
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