Open AccessLevel of awareness about tuberculosis in urban slums: Implications for advocacy and communication strategy planning in the National program
Author(s) -
Palanivel Chinnakali,
Jayalakshmy Ramakrishnan,
Kavita Vasudevan,
Jayanthi Gurumurthy,
Ravi Prakash Upadhyay,
Krishna Chandra Panigrahi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.110422
Subject(s) - medicine , slum , tuberculosis , public health , case finding , disease , family medicine , environmental health , health education , nursing , pathology , population
Tuberculosis (TB) remains as an important public health problem in India. Awareness about the disease, its diagnosis, and treatment among public will help in controlling the killer disease. This study aims at arriving at an educational diagnosis about TB in an urban poor community.