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Title: | Implementingintensified tuberculosis case-finding among street-connected youth and young adults inKenya |
Authors: | Paula, Braitstein |
Keywords: | Tuberculosis |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Public Health Action |
Series/Report no.: | vol 6;no 2 |
Abstract: | Background: Street-connected youth and young adults (SCY) suffer a myriad of health problems. In Kenya, SCY are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB) due to their congre- gate living situations. TB screening is not routinely imple- mented in SCY and there has been no published litera- ture on the burden of TB in SCY in western Kenya. Program description: In 2011, the AMPATH TB Pro- gram, an experienced TB screening program, partnered with the Tumaini Center, a trusted street youth organiza- tion, to conduct intensified case finding (ICF) for pulmo- nary TB among SCY. Our program aimed to investigate the numbers of SCY who reported symptoms and those diagnosed with smear-positive pulmonary TB, and link SCY with TB to treatment. Results: Of 116 SCY who were screened, 114 (98%) had a positive questionnaire; 104 (90%) provided a spot spu- tum sample, 39 (34%) provided a morning sputum sam- ple, and 111 (97%) reported cough of >2 weeks. One street youth tested smear-positive for TB and was treated through to cure. Conclusions: Implementing TB ICF is feasible in low-re- source settings through unique collaborations between health care programs and community-based organiza- tions. In addition to identifying smear-positive TB, our program uncovered a high burden of respiratory symp- toms among SCY in Eldoret, Kenya |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3265 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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