A multi-perspective service evaluation exploring tuberculosis contact screening attendance among adults at a North London hospital | Zendy

Jennifer MacLellan | Zendy; Kenneth N. Wallace | Zendy; Elena Vacchelli | Zendy; Jennifer Roe | Zendy; RN Davidson | Zendy; Ibrahim Abubakar | Zendy; Jo Southern | Zendy

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A multi-perspective service evaluation exploring tuberculosis contact screening attendance among adults at a North London hospital

Author(s) -

Jennifer MacLellan,

Kenneth N. Wallace,

Elena Vacchelli,

Jennifer Roe,

RN Davidson,

Ibrahim Abubakar,

Jo Southern

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv129

Subject(s) - attendance , medicine , outreach , psychological intervention , family medicine , nursing , service (business) , qualitative research , social science , economy , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth

Non-attendance at TB contact screening clinics has been highlighted as a common phenomenon across a number of sites during recruitment to the PREDICT TB Study. This has obvious implications for the safety of patients, their communities and for NHS resources. The objective of this study was to explore why adults who have been in contact with TB do, and do not, attend their screening appointment, thereby allowing identification of interventions to reduce non-attendance.

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