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dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorSimbayi, Leickness
dc.contributor.authorLabadarios, Demetre
dc.contributor.authorNtsepe, Yoliswa
dc.contributor.authorBikitsha, Nwabisa
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Gadija
dc.contributor.authorSewpaul, Ronel
dc.contributor.authorMoyo, Sizulu
dc.contributor.authorRehle, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28T12:32:35Z
dc.date.available2018-06-28T12:32:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, P. et al. Predictors of knowledge about tuberculosis: results from SANHANES I, a national, cross-sectional household survey in South Africa. BMC Public Health, 16: 276en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2951-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3842
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: South Africa is one of the 22 high tuberculosis burden countries that contribute 80 % of the global tuberculosis cases. Tuberculosis is infectious and due to its rapid and easy transmission route poses a threat to population health. Considering the importance of social and psychological factors in influencing health outcomes, appraising knowledge and awareness of tuberculosis, remain vital for effective tuberculosis control. The main aim of this study was to investigate the factors that predict knowledge about tuberculosis among 18–64 year old adults in South Africa. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey method was used. Multi-stage disproportionate, stratified cluster sampling was used to select households within enumeration areas stratified by province and locality type. Based on the Human Sciences Research Council 2007 master sample, 500 Enumerator Areas representative of the socio-demographic profile of South Africa were identified and a random sample of 20 households was randomly selected from each Enumerator Area, yielding an overall sample of 10 000 households. The tuberculosis module contained in the South African National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey I was the only module that examined the social determinants of an infectious disease. This module was questionnaire-based with no biomarkers obtained to screen for the presence of tuberculosis disease among the participants. Data was collected by administering a researcher developed individual level questionnaire. Simple and multiple linear regression was used to determine the independent variables associated with tuberculosis knowledge. RESULTS: Half the sample (52.6 %) was female and the majority of the respondents were black African (76.5 %). More than two thirds (68.0 %) resided in urban areas, 56.9 % did not complete high school and half were not in formal employment. Significant predictors of tuberculosis knowledge were race, sex, completion of high school, being in employment, having a diagnosis of the disease in ones’ life-time and learning about tuberculosis from television, brochures, health workers, and teachers. CONCLUSION: To reduce the burden of tuberculosis in South Africa, media campaigns targeting both rural and urban communities should include conveying accurate information about the disease. Policy makers should also address structural barriers that vulnerable communities face.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights© 2016 Naidoo et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
dc.subjectCross-sectional national surveyen_US
dc.subjectAdult participants 18–64 years olden_US
dc.subjectTuberculosis (TB) knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectSocial determinants of TBen_US
dc.subjectTB/HIV co-existenceen_US
dc.subjectHigh burden countryen_US
dc.titlePredictors of knowledge about tuberculosis: results from SANHANES I, a national, cross-sectional household survey in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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