Knowledge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis amongst Durban University of Technology students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: the need for integrating public health education.
Multi drug resistant TB
health education
public health
risk factors
Journal
African health sciences
ISSN: 1729-0503
Titre abrégé: Afr Health Sci
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101149451
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
entrez:
21
11
2022
pubmed:
22
11
2022
medline:
23
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Kwazulu-Natal is the epicenter of South Africa's Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden which represents a growing threat to public health. Knowledge and awareness of MDR-TB are crucial for effective management and University students are an important vehicle for knowledge transfer of public health education. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of MDR TB and risk factors for transmission, prevention, treatment and control of MDR-TB among Durban University of Technology (DUT) students. This quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 randomly sampled undergraduate students from 3 faculties and data was collected using a validated questionnaire. While a majority of participants (70.67%) had previous knowledge on TB, only 30.67% knew of MDR-TB. Only 23.49% of students reported knowledge of preventative measures associated with MDR TB. Women had a lower probability of having knowledge of MDR-TB compared to men (OR=0.45; CI:0.22,0.95; p<0.05) and students from the Accounting and Informatics faculty were less likely to believe that MDR-TB was a life-threatening illness (OR=0.24; CI:0.05,1.44; p<0.05) and showed limited knowledge of MDR-TB transmission. This study showed that students lacked knowledge of MDR-TB with respect to risk factors, treatment and prevention, which necessitates intervention strategies at a tertiary level to educate and inform students about MDR-TB.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Kwazulu-Natal is the epicenter of South Africa's Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden which represents a growing threat to public health. Knowledge and awareness of MDR-TB are crucial for effective management and University students are an important vehicle for knowledge transfer of public health education.
Objective
UNASSIGNED
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of MDR TB and risk factors for transmission, prevention, treatment and control of MDR-TB among Durban University of Technology (DUT) students.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
This quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 randomly sampled undergraduate students from 3 faculties and data was collected using a validated questionnaire.
Results
UNASSIGNED
While a majority of participants (70.67%) had previous knowledge on TB, only 30.67% knew of MDR-TB. Only 23.49% of students reported knowledge of preventative measures associated with MDR TB. Women had a lower probability of having knowledge of MDR-TB compared to men (OR=0.45; CI:0.22,0.95; p<0.05) and students from the Accounting and Informatics faculty were less likely to believe that MDR-TB was a life-threatening illness (OR=0.24; CI:0.05,1.44; p<0.05) and showed limited knowledge of MDR-TB transmission.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
This study showed that students lacked knowledge of MDR-TB with respect to risk factors, treatment and prevention, which necessitates intervention strategies at a tertiary level to educate and inform students about MDR-TB.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36407384
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.21
pii: jAFHS.v22.i2.pg178
pmc: PMC9652697
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
178-186Informations de copyright
© 2022 Reddy P et al.
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