McCreesh, N., Faghmous, I., Looker, C. et al. (7 more authors) (2016) Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups. Public Health Action, 6 (1). pp. 1-3.
Abstract
The South African Ministry of Health has proposed screening all clinic attendees for tuberculosis (TB). Amongst other factors, male sex and bar attendance are associated with higher TB risk. We show that 45% of adults surveyed in Western Cape attended a clinic within 6 months, and therefore potentially a relatively high proportion of the population could be reached through clinic-based screening. However, fewer than 20% of all men aged 18–25 years, or men aged 26–45 who attend bars, attended a clinic. The population-level impact of clinic-based screening may be reduced by low coverage among key risk groups.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2016 McCreesh et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2016 15:48 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2016 15:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0064 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5588/pha.15.0064 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101340 |
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