Individual, community and health systems factors influencing time to notification of tuberculosis: situating software and hardware bottlenecks in local health systems
Delays in time to TB notification are influenced by a combination of software (attitudinal and behavioral) and hardware (resource-related) elements across TB patients, community health systems, community TB treatment supporters, health providers, and TB staff. Addressing these factors, particularly social stigma, negative attitudes, and resource constraints, is crucial to improving timely TB detection and treatment.
Authors
- S Chilala
- Adam Silumbwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-5293)
- Mwimba Chewe
- Peter Hangoma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6573-5628)
- Maio Bulawayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-3632)
- Moses Tetui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-7601)
- Joseph Mumba Zulu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-4977)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Chr. Michelsen Institute (NO)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11697-3
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.95