Effects of community-based health promotion strategies to the extent of compliance to infection control measures among clients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Date of Completion

2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Nursing

Keywords

Infection Control, Tuberculosis, Health Promotion, Community Health Services

Abstract

This study primarily aimed to determine the effects of community-based health promotion strategies to the extent of compliance to infection control measures among clients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Cavite. The study conducted in two PMDT Centers in Cavite namely (a) De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, City of Dasmarinas for the 40 clients that comprised the treatment group and (b) General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital, Trece Martires City for the 40 clients that comprised the control group. A 15-item self-made questionnaire on Extent of Compliance was used to measure the compliance of the clients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The researcher concluded that there was a consistent great extent to infection control measures among clients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the control group before, and after then intervention while in the treatment group, there was a compliance to a great extent to infection control measures before the intervention and a compliance to a very great extent after the implementation of community-based health promotion strategies. There were significant differences in the extent of compliance to infection control measures among the respondents before and after the intervention . Hence, the community-based health promotion strategies was an effective, holistic, bio-behavioral nursing intervention to enrich the extent of compliance to infection control measure among clients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

Comments

Call Number: TG MAN 16 03

Location: Research Commons

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