Tuberculosis management and referral practices among traditional medicine practitioners in Lagos, Nigeria

Title: Tuberculosis management and referral practices among traditional medicine practitioners in Lagos, Nigeria
Creator: Adepoju, Abiola Victor
Creator: Oladimeji, Olanrewwaju
Creator: Sibiya, Nokuthula Maureen
Creator: Inegbeboh, Jude
Creator: Egesemba, Ginika
Description: Introduction: Despite the potential role of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) and Traditional Healers (THs), little is known about their knowledge of tuberculosis (TB) management and refer ral practices in Nigeria. Objective: To determine knowledge and self-reported prac tices of traditional birth attendants and traditional healers in man aging TB in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 120 THs and TBAs in three high TB burden Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Data were collected between April 2018 to September 2018 through interviewer-administered questionnaires. We used Statistical Package for Social Sciences software for data analyses…
Date: 2023
Subject: Traditional birth attendant
Subject: Traditional healers
Subject: Tuberculosis
Subject: Traditional medicine board
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13368
Identifier: vital:78661
Identifier: DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2023.1480
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Public Health in Africa
Relation: Journal of Public Health in Africa 14 vol 2 1 6 2023 10.4081/jphia.2023.1480

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