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DOI10.1186/1471-2458-10-187
Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia
Legesse, Mengistu1,3; Ameni, Gobena1; Mamo, Gezahegne2,3; Medhin, Girmay1; Shawel, Dawit4; Bjune, Gunnar3; Abebe, Fekadu
通讯作者Legesse, Mengistu
来源期刊BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSN1471-2458
出版年2010
卷号10
英文摘要

Background: Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems in Afar region. Lack of knowledge about TB could affect the health-seeking behaviour of patients and sustain the transmission of the disease within the community. In this study, we assessed the knowledge and perception of apparently healthy individuals about pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in pastoral communities of Afar.


Methods: Between March and May 2009, a community-based cross-sectional questionnaire survey involving 818 randomly selected healthy individuals was conducted in pastoral communities of Afar region. Moreover, two focus group discussions (FGDs), one with men and one with women, were conducted in each of the study area to supplement the quantitative study.


Results: The majority (95.6%) of the interviewees reported that they have heard about PTB (known locally as "Labadore"). However, the participants associated the cause of PTB with exposure to cold air (45.9%), starvation (38%), dust (21.8%) or smoking/chewing Khat (Catha edulis) (16.4%). The discussants also suggested these same factors as the cause of PTB. All the discussants and the majority (74.3%) of the interviewees reported that persistent cough as the main symptom of PTB. About 87.7% of the interviewees and all the discussants suggested that PTB is treatable with modern drugs. All the discussants and the majority (95%) of the interviewees mentioned that the disease can be transmitted from a patient to another person. Socio-cultural practices, e. g. sharing cups (87.6%), and house type (59.8%) were suggested as risk factors for exposure to PTB in the study areas, while shortage of food (69.7%) and chewing khat (53.8%) were mentioned as factors favouring disease development. Almost all discussants and a considerable number (20.4%) of the interviewees thought that men were the highest risk group to get PTB as well as playing a major role in the epidemiology of the disease.


Conclusion: The findings indicate that pastoral communities had basic awareness about the disease. Nevertheless, health education to transform their traditional beliefs and perceptions about the disease to biomedical knowledge is crucial.


类型Article
语种英语
国家Ethiopia ; Norway
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000277609900001
WOS关键词MALNUTRITION ; DIAGNOSIS ; AFRICA ; DELAY
WOS类目Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/163530
作者单位1.Univ Addis Ababa, Aklilu Lemma Inst Pathobiol, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
2.Univ Addis Ababa, Fac Vet Med, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
3.Univ Oslo, Dept Gen Practice & Community Med, Oslo, Norway;
4.Norwegian Ctr Minor Hlth Res, Oslo, Norway
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Legesse, Mengistu,Ameni, Gobena,Mamo, Gezahegne,et al. Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia[J],2010,10.
APA Legesse, Mengistu.,Ameni, Gobena.,Mamo, Gezahegne.,Medhin, Girmay.,Shawel, Dawit.,...&Abebe, Fekadu.(2010).Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia.BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,10.
MLA Legesse, Mengistu,et al."Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia".BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 10(2010).
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