Health seeking behaviour and delayed management of tuberculosis patients in rural Bangladesh.
K A T M Ehsanul HuqMichiko MoriyamaKhalequ ZamanMohammod Jobayer ChistiJulie LongAkramul IslamShahed HossainHabiba ShirinMohammad Jyoti RaihanSajeda ChowdhuryMd Moshiur RahmanPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
Compared to men, fewer women sought TB treatment. Uneducated patients and questionably qualified practitioners made for a longer delay in detecting TB. Increasing public health awareness and improving health seeking behavior of females and uneducated patients, and greater participation of the qualified practitioners in the NTP are highly recommended.
Keyphrases
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- primary care
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- physical activity
- type diabetes
- climate change
- social media
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus