Strategy to Increase Awareness and Involvement of Private Medical Practitioners in RNTCP in Taluka Rahata of District Ahmednagar

Palve, Sachin Bhaskar; Parkhad, Suchitra B; Phalke, Vaishali D; Phalke, Deepak B

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2015/10724.5523

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“…An Interventional study conducted in Rahata Taluka of District Ahmednagar, showed significant improvement in diagnosis and treatment by giving personal visits by RNTCP programme to Private Medical Practitioners. 7 Although in the study, majority of the pediatricians from 5 districts knew the need to notify patients, annual national report on TB 2016 shows none of the states throughout the country having proportion of notification > 30%, with notification from private sector in Punjab to be <10%. 1,3 The paradox here referred as "perceptionpractice gap" highlights that due to under-reporting by the private sector, many cases of TB might be missing by the notification system.…”

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Knowledge attitude and practice of paediatricians regarding tuberculosis case management in five major districts of Punjab state, India

Singh

Bains

Dhooria

et al. 2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: The operational research was done to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding TB case management of Pediatricians. Place were five major cities of Punjab state, India. i.e. Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda.Methods: Study design was observational cross-sectional study. Period was one year. The data collection was done from Paediatricians from 5 cities inhabiting approximately half of the urban population of Punjab, using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire and knowledge of TB and its management was assessed.Results: Total of 139 pediatricians participated in the study, 69% were male. Majority pediatricians had adequate knowledge of TB disease and case suspicion. Adequate knowledge of TB diagnosis was seen in 87% doctors. Only 20% doctors had adequate knowledge about treatment of TB cases. Overall 64% of Pediatricians referred TB cases to DOTS centre for treatment.Conclusions: Improving the treatment knowledge of paediatricians can go a long way in improving management of TB cases.

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Knowledge attitude and practice of paediatricians regarding tuberculosis case management in five major districts of Punjab state, India

Singh

Bains

Dhooria

et al. 2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…Fifteen (37.5%) studies were mixed methods surveys. Eleven (27.5%) were intervention studies targeted at improving private practitioners participation in disease control programs [ 11 , 17 , 21 , 22 , 28 , 29 , 40 , 41 , 47 – 49 ]. Nine studies (22.5%) used secondary record review to evaluate disease notification, and four (10%) of them were Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) surveys.…”

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“…The average private practitioner response rate (in 20 studies) was 78% and ranged from 1.5% in Nigeria [ 50 ] to 100% in Iran [ 51 ], Bangladesh [ 46 ], and Uganda [ 52 ]. Three studies from India [ 29 , 30 , 37 ] reported a higher response rate to interviews compared to requests of record reviews.…”

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“…Only one addressed syndromic surveillance for influenza [ 54 ]. Eight studies (20%) [ 15 , 16 , 27 , 29 – 31 , 52 , 54 ] investigated private practitioners reporting behaviors towards voluntary case reporting. Thirteen (32.5%) [ 17 , 24 , 28 , 34 , 37 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 44 , 50 , 53 , 55 , 56 ] investigated systems that expected mandatory case reporting from the private sector.…”

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“…Although the knowledge regarding disease detection was lower amongst alternate medicine practitioners as compared to allopath practitioners in India, the surveillance practices did not differ significantly [ 14 ]. General practitioners were more likely to be aware about the importance of notification than specialists in India [ 29 , 30 ] and Malaysia [ 15 ]. The duration (>5 years) of practice (OR 11.4, 95% CI 1.99, 65.58, p = 0.001) was significantly associated with practitioner reporting in Uganda [ 52 ].…”

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From habits of attrition to modes of inclusion: enhancing the role of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance

Phalkey

Butsch

Belesova

et al. 2017

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundPrivate practitioners are the preferred first point of care in a majority of low and middle-income countries and in this position, best placed for the surveillance of diseases. However their contribution to routine surveillance data is marginal. This systematic review aims to explore evidence with regards to the role, contribution, and involvement of private practitioners in routine disease data notification. We examined the factors that determine the inclusion of, and the participation thereof of private practitioners in disease surveillance activities.MethodsLiterature search was conducted using the PubMed, Web of Knowledge, WHOLIS, and WHO-IRIS databases to identify peer-reviewed and gray full-text documents in English with no limits for year of publication or study design. Forty manuscripts were reviewed.ResultsThe current participation of private practitioners in disease surveillance efforts is appalling. The main barriers to their participation are inadequate knowledge leading to unsatisfactory attitudes and misperceptions that influence their practices. Complicated reporting mechanisms with unclear guidelines, along with unsatisfactory attitudes on behalf of the government and surveillance program managers also contribute to the underreporting of cases. Infrastructural barriers especially the availability of computers and skilled human resources are critical to improving private sector participation in routine disease surveillance.ConclusionThe issues identified are similar to those for underreporting within the Integrated infectious Disease Surveillance and Response systems (IDSR) which collects data mainly from public healthcare facilities. We recommend that surveillance program officers should provide periodic training, supportive supervision and offer regular feedback to the practitioners from both public as well as private sectors in order to improve case notification. Governments need to take leadership and foster collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors and most importantly exercise regulatory authority where needed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2476-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Awareness and Knowledge of Health Care Workers at Dots Facilities on the Management of Tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria: A Public - Private Comparison

Adejumo

Daniel

Kuyinu

et al. 2016

BJAST

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This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author OAA conceived the study, involved with data collection, data analysis and discusssion. Author OJD wrote the methodology and was involved in the writing process. Author YAK was involved in data collection and proof reading the manuscript. Authors KOW and EOJ was involved with data collection and literature search while author OOO supervised the research. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Strategy to Increase Awareness and Involvement of Private Medical Practitioners in RNTCP in Taluka Rahata of District Ahmednagar

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Knowledge attitude and practice of paediatricians regarding tuberculosis case management in five major districts of Punjab state, India

Knowledge attitude and practice of paediatricians regarding tuberculosis case management in five major districts of Punjab state, India

From habits of attrition to modes of inclusion: enhancing the role of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance

Awareness and Knowledge of Health Care Workers at Dots Facilities on the Management of Tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria: A Public - Private Comparison

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