ABSTRACT
In the Grootfontein health district, directly observed treatment (DOT) services, a component of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) strategy (whereby tuberculosis (TB) patients take medicine under proper supervision and support) is available at all public health facilities. Yet the TB defaulter rate in Grootfontein is very high at 28%, and treatment success rate remains at 56%, far below the international target of 85%. Although many factors such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, late diagnosis, nonadherence and so forth are identified as contributing to the low success rate, little was known in Namibia about whether health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in using DOT could play a contributing role to the low treatment success rate. Therefore, this study aimed to explore and describe health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices with regard to DOT. The specific objectives were to obtain socio-demographic information of health workers in the Grootfontein health district and to ascertain the knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers in terms of TB-DOT services. A quantitative, descriptive approach to the study was used. Owing to the small size of the population, all 110 nurses dealing with TB patients and working in public health facilities in the Grootfontein health district were targeted. Data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire and were analysed using descriptive statistics. The chi-square and p-values were used to test the significance of the relationship between the variables.
KAPWEYA, W (2021). Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Of Tuberculosis-Directly Observed Treatment (Tb-Dot) In The Grootfontein District Of Otjozondjupa Region In Namibia. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/health-workers-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-of-tuberculosis-directly-observed-treatment-tb-dot-in-the-grootfontein-district-of-otjozondjupa-region-in-namibia
KAPWEYA, WILBARD "Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Of Tuberculosis-Directly Observed Treatment (Tb-Dot) In The Grootfontein District Of Otjozondjupa Region In Namibia" Afribary. Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/health-workers-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-of-tuberculosis-directly-observed-treatment-tb-dot-in-the-grootfontein-district-of-otjozondjupa-region-in-namibia. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
KAPWEYA, WILBARD . "Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Of Tuberculosis-Directly Observed Treatment (Tb-Dot) In The Grootfontein District Of Otjozondjupa Region In Namibia". Afribary, Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021. Web. 20 Sep. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/health-workers-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-of-tuberculosis-directly-observed-treatment-tb-dot-in-the-grootfontein-district-of-otjozondjupa-region-in-namibia >.
KAPWEYA, WILBARD . "Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Of Tuberculosis-Directly Observed Treatment (Tb-Dot) In The Grootfontein District Of Otjozondjupa Region In Namibia" Afribary (2021). Accessed September 20, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/health-workers-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-of-tuberculosis-directly-observed-treatment-tb-dot-in-the-grootfontein-district-of-otjozondjupa-region-in-namibia