An Exploration of Barriers Associated with Low Voluntary Counselling and Testing Uptake by Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Primary Health Care Clinics, Buffalo City Municipality, Eastern Cape.

Description

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<p align="left">The aim of the study is to explore the barriers associated with low VCT uptake by the TB patients attending primary health care clinics within the Buffalo City municipality. <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The study population was drawn from TB patients attending the primary health care facilities in Buffalo city municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. Eight participants were purposively selected to include those who had accepted VCT as well as those who did not.</font></font></p>
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Tags

Tuberculosis (TB)

HIV

TB and HIV co-infection

TB and HIV dual treatment

Voluntary Counselling and Testing

VCT uptake among TB patients

Primary Health care clinics

Barriers

Eastern Cape

South Africa.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UNWC/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dgen8Srv25Nme4_1614_1259920179
Date	January 2008
Creators	Jafta, Zukiswa.
Source Sets	Univ. of Western Cape
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis and dissertation
Format	Pdf
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape