Sharon G Humiston, Stanley J Schaffer, Peter G Szilagyi, Christine E Long, Tahleah R Chappel, Aaron K Blumkin, Jill Szydlowski, Maureen S Kolasa
Seasonal influenza vaccination at school: a randomized controlled trial
American journal of preventive medicine
tuberculosis tb though preventable curable remains global health problem ranked one top causes death worldwide despite world health organizations strategies may due stigma surrounding disease study assesses tb stigma light knowledge attitudes preventive practices among individuals urban community descriptive crosssectional study among 317 residents surulere lagos nigeria selected multistage sampling data collected using pretested semistructured intervieweradministered questionnaire analyzed using epi infotm version 7226 2018 centers disease control prevention cdc atlanta georgia usa descriptive variables summarized frequencies chisquare test used test associations level significance predetermined p 005 participants age group 21 40 years approximately 9 every 10 respondents 918 aware tb overall 24 respondents good knowledge tb half 591 positive attitudes toward tb onethird 371 good preventive practices 227 respondents expressed tb stigma 636 would show compassion desire help people tb 643 would rather people tb never employed however good knowledge translated less stigma p 0001 participants aware tb although knowledge attitude practice levels poor knowledge found reduce tb stigma reinforcing need improved community literacy regrading tb potential influence healthseeking behavior promote better tb prevention detection treatment outcomes