Vol. 2012 No. 1 (2012)

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Mobile Health Clinics in Tuberculosis Screening: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study in South African Villages

Sipho Sithole, University of Cape Town Thabo Sikhosana, University of the Free State Nontwano Nomathemba, Department of Public Health, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Mphumzi Ntsholofini, Department of Clinical Research, University of Cape Town
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18944707
Published: September 5, 2012

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in South Africa, particularly in remote villages where access to healthcare is limited. A mixed-methods approach involving pre- and post-intervention surveys, clinic records, and qualitative interviews with participants and healthcare providers was employed. Mobile clinics significantly reduced the time to first diagnosis from an average of 4.5 weeks to 2.7 weeks (95% CI: -2.1, -0.1). The mobile health clinic intervention improved TB detection and treatment initiation in rural South Africa. Further studies should explore scalability and cost-effectiveness of this model across different geographic regions. mobile clinics, tuberculosis screening, remote villages, public health, rapid diagnosis Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.

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Sipho Sithole, Thabo Sikhosana, Nontwano Nomathemba, Mphumzi Ntsholofini (2012). Mobile Health Clinics in Tuberculosis Screening: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study in South African Villages. African Laboratory Medicine, Vol. 2012 No. 1 (2012). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18944707

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TuberculosisAfricaMobile Health ClinicsInterventionsCommunity-BasedQualitative ResearchOutcome Measures

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