Behaviour change solutions driven by cognitive insights for improving TB health care seeking among vulnerable population: an exploratory multi-state qualitative study in India
Findings from this study underscored that BCS catalysed TB healthcare seeking by addressing cognitive barriers. It suggests that designing targeted cognitive interventions could potentially be a promising approach to alter cognitive biases, inculcate behavioural changes, and improve TB care-seeking and treatment outcomes.
Authors
- Ambuja Kowlgi
- Shramana Majumder
- L Ponnuchamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-4072)
- Reuben Swamickan
- Karthikeyan Kumarasamy
- Joseph Francis Munjattu
- Atreyee Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7261-363X)
- Rajaram Subramanian Potty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-143X)
- Rehana Begum
- Arathi Prahallada Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-6227)
- Arin Kar
- Amar Shah
- Gobinda Majhi
- Karikalan Nagrajan
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (IN)
- National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (IN)
- World Health Organization - India (IN)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26542-x
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00