ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2023
Short Comprehensive Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Tuberculosis-Can It Be Effectively Incorporated in Tribal Health?
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backgroundTuberculosis management in tribal areas is a major challenge to the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program in India. There is need for culturally appropriate interventions for bridging the gaps existing in the current system. There is paucity of research in this vulnerable group; hence, a study was undertaken to determine the effect of a Short Comprehensive Multimodal Behavioural Intervention in tribal colonies of Kerala.
methodsThe study used before-after design to assess the effectiveness of a Short Comprehensive Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for tuberculosis knowledge and voluntary reporting among residents of tribal colonies. The intervention included individual, small group, and large group education, with verbal, printed, and performance methods. Public-private partnership with community participation was emphasized to encourage the residents to approach public health system for managing tuberculosis.
resultsTen tribal colonies from two districts were included with 104 participants. There was significant improvement in the proportion of participants with knowledge regarding different aspects of tuberculosis such as aetiology, symptoms, transmission, and treatment. The overall knowledge score had a significant improvement [median (range) 3.0 (0-9) to 7.0 (0-11), p < 0.001] when assessed one month consequent to the intense period of group education.
conclusionShort-term health behavioural intervention package appropriate for the target group, implemented with public-private partnership and community participation of trained local volunteers, proved effective in improving the knowledge regarding tuberculosis and thereby health-seeking behaviour in detection. This can be tested for scaling up, and replication in other tribal health issues.
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