Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementation of community-based tuberculosis active case finding with mobile X-ray units in Lima, Peru: a RE-AIM evaluation.
Courtney M YuenDaniela PumaAna Karina MillonesJerome T GaleaChristine TzeliosRoger I CalderonMeredith B BrooksJudith JimenezCarmen ContrerasTim C NicholsTom NicholsonLeonid LeccaMercedes C BecerraSalmaan KeshavjeePublished in: BMJ open (2021)
Mobile X-ray units were a feasible and effective strategy to extend tuberculosis diagnostic services into communities and improve early case detection. Effective deployment however requires advance coordination among stakeholders and targeted provider training to ensure that people diagnosed with tuberculosis by new modalities receive prompt treatment.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- primary care
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- healthcare
- hiv aids
- high resolution
- dual energy
- mental health
- cancer therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- quality improvement
- hepatitis c virus
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- magnetic resonance
- mass spectrometry
- electron microscopy
- replacement therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus