التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Knowledge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis amongst Durban University of Technology students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: the need for integrating public health education |
| المؤلفون: |
Reddy, Poovendhree, Ramraj, Udhavana, Chetty, Lauren |
| المصدر: |
African Health Sciences; Vol. 22 No. 2 (2022); 178-186 ; 1680-6905 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Makerere University Medical School (Uganda) |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| المجموعة: |
AJOL - African Journals Online |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Multi drug resistant TB, health education, public health, risk factors |
| الوصف: |
Background: Kwazulu-Natal is the epicenter of South Africa’s Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden which represents a growing threat to public health. Knowledge and awareness of MDR-TB are crucial for effective management and University students are an important vehicle for knowledge transfer of public health education. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of MDR TB and risk factors for transmission, prevention, treatment and control of MDR-TB among Durban University of Technology (DUT) students. Methods: This quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 randomly sampled undergraduate students from 3 faculties and data was collected using a validated questionnaire. Results: While a majority of participants (70.67%) had previous knowledge on TB, only 30.67% knew of MDR-TB. Only 23.49% of students reported knowledge of preventative measures associated with MDR TB. Women had a lower probability of having knowledge of MDR-TB compared to men (OR=0.45; CI:0.22,0.95; p<0.05) and students from the Accounting and Informatics faculty were less likely to believe that MDR-TB was a life-threatening illness (OR=0.24; CI:0.05,1.44; p<0.05) and showed limited knowledge of MDR-TB transmission.Conclusion: This study showed that students lacked knowledge of MDR-TB with respect to risk factors, treatment and prevention, which necessitates intervention strategies at a tertiary level to educate and inform students about MDR-TB. Keywords: Multi drug resistant TB; health education; public health; risk factors. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs/article/view/228862/216047; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs/article/view/228862 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs/article/view/228862 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.B65DAE99 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |