TY - JOUR
T1 - Conocimientos, Actitudes y prácticas frente a la tuberculosis en trabajadores del sector salud en municipios prioritarios de la costa pacífica colombiana
AU - Carvajal-Barona, Rocío
AU - Varela-Arévalo, María Teresa
AU - Hoyos, Paula Andrea
AU - Angulo-Valencia, Eliana Sofía
AU - Duarte-Alarcón, Carolina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Revista Ciencias de la Salud.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose: To describe knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers from tuberculosis (TB) programs in priority municipalities of the Colombian pacific coast.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 38 health workers, corresponding to the entire population of people working at the TB programs in 10 priority municipalities of Nariño, Colombia. A structured interview, which was previously validated trough cognitive interviews, was used.Results: Health workers report to have knowledge about TB and its management according to the established control guidelines. Nevertheless, some risk practices concerning to biosecurity standards were found, and so where found some stigmatizing attitudes towards the illness.Conclusions: The study brings information about health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards TB in Nariño, that can be used as input to the design of intervention strategies to strengthen the TB programs with local and cultural approach.
AB - Purpose: To describe knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers from tuberculosis (TB) programs in priority municipalities of the Colombian pacific coast.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 38 health workers, corresponding to the entire population of people working at the TB programs in 10 priority municipalities of Nariño, Colombia. A structured interview, which was previously validated trough cognitive interviews, was used.Results: Health workers report to have knowledge about TB and its management according to the established control guidelines. Nevertheless, some risk practices concerning to biosecurity standards were found, and so where found some stigmatizing attitudes towards the illness.Conclusions: The study brings information about health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards TB in Nariño, that can be used as input to the design of intervention strategies to strengthen the TB programs with local and cultural approach.
KW - Attitudes and practices
KW - Health knowledge
KW - Tuberculosis
KW - Workers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907169508&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.12804/revsalud12.03.2014.04
DO - 10.12804/revsalud12.03.2014.04
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84907169508
SN - 1692-7273
VL - 12
SP - 339
EP - 352
JO - Revista Ciencias de la Salud
JF - Revista Ciencias de la Salud
IS - 3
ER -
