dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-08T19:17:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-08T19:17:24Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-12-13T15:04:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal Solomon, Abebe Yimer Manyazewal, Tsegahun Gradmann, Christoph . Exploring local realities: Perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers on the management and control of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 2019, 14(11) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/75273 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a major health security threat worldwide. The effectiveness of implementation of DR-TB control strategies has been a subject of research and controversy. In resource-limited settings, using conventional medicine as the only framework to explain DR-TB gives a rather incomplete picture of the disease. This study intended to explore the perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers on the management and control of DR-TB in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods
The study employed a qualitative methodology with an inductive approach and a thematic analysis. It involved in-depth interviews with healthcare workers providing clinical services to DR-TB patients in 10 public healthcare facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Results
A total of 18 healthcare workers participated until data saturation, which included 12 clinical nurses, four health officers and two medical laboratory technicians. The findings show that healthcare workers perceive DR-TB as a growing public health threat in Ethiopia, due to factors such as poverty, poor nutrition, crowded settings, healthcare worker and general public awareness of DR-TB, lack of good governance and culture.
Conclusion
The perspectives drawn from the healthcare workers shed more light on the image of DR-TB in a developing country context. It has been shown that understanding DR-TB is not confined to what can be drawn from the sphere of biomedicine. There are also interconnected barriers, which predict a dystopia in the epidemiology of DR-TB. Bringing DR-TB under control requires taking a step back from an overwhelming focus on the biomedical facets of the disease, and employ critical thinking on the wider social and structural forces as equally important targets. | en_US |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.publisher | PLOS | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Exploring local realities: Perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers on the management and control of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.creator.author | Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal | |
dc.creator.author | Solomon, Abebe Yimer | |
dc.creator.author | Manyazewal, Tsegahun | |
dc.creator.author | Gradmann, Christoph | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,52,14,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Avdeling for samfunnsmedisin og global helse | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1760656 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=PLOS ONE&rft.volume=14&rft.spage=&rft.date=2019 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | PLOS ONE | |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 11 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224277 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-78367 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/75273/2/Exploring%2Blocal%2Brealities_Perceptions%2Band%2Bexperiences%2Bof%2Bhealthcare%2Bworkers%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bmanagement%2Band%2Bcontrol%2Bof%2Bdrug-resistant%2Btuberculosis%2Bin%2BAddis%2BAbaba%252C%2BEthiopia.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
cristin.articleid | e0224277 | |