Article 1

• A cross sectional study conducted by S.P. Yadav et al on

‘Knowledge and attitude towards TB among sandstone quarry
workers in desert parts of Rajasthan’

 Out of 376 participant , 50.5% had heard about TB from

neighbours followed by friends( 42.6%) and family members
(37.2%)
 Only 1.6% know TB was caused by germs and 45.2% had
misconception that it was hereditary
 Only 6.9% knew about the need for 6-8 months and 0.8% know
uses of BCG vaccine for prevention of TB
 72.8% opined to isolate TB pts from the family and 80.6%
opined to avoid sharing food with the patients
 Article 2
• A study conducted by Lucy Kahari et al2 on ‘ Community
knowledge, attitude and Practices on prevention of TB: a
crossectional study in Lari sub county, Kenya

 Out of 337 subject 15% of participants were aware of

causative agent, 35% aware of signs and symtoms and 42%
recognised BCG vaccine as a preventive measure to TB
 Majority (59%) did not have a favourble attitude towards TB
and there existed stigma towards TB infected people
 The average mean for good practices was 65% with some of
the respondents exhibiting poor practices towards
prevention of TB
 Article 3
• A crossectional study on ‘ Assessment of community
knowledge about TB and its treatment in rural areas of
Shashemane, Southern Ethiopia by Fikru Melaku1 et al

 Out of 422 subject 58.8% had good level of knowledge

but almost all of them did not know the causative agent
of TB
 Almost all (98.98%) of the participants knew that TB is
treatable
 Majority (96.44%) of the participants knew that TB can
be transmitted from a pt to another
 Article 4
• A cross sectional study on community
knowledge, attitude, and practices towards
tuberculosis in shinile town, Somali regional
state, eastern Ethiopia by Daniel Tolossa et al
from Jan to May 2013
• Out of the 410 study subject , 94.9% have
heard about TB, caused(22.9%),
transmission(80%),preventable(79.3%),persiste
nce cough(72.4%),used modern drug(68.1%).
 Article 5
• A cross sectional study on factor determining the knowledge
related to tuberculosis in rural community in Rural Health
Training Centre area, Dept of Community Medicine ,SRM
Medical College Hospital and Research Centre,
Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu by C. Rajan Rushender et al from
Aug 2013 to Feb 2014.
• Out of the 246 study subject(21 to 40yrs), 82.5% of them
know the symtoms of TB as cough and expectoration, mode
of transmission(74%), sputum exm as the most efficient
diagnostic test(55.7%), availability of free treatment(80.1),
duration of treatment(51.2%), prevention of spread(72.5%).
 Article 6
• A cross sectional study on assessment of
knowledge, attitude, and tuberculosis related
social stigma among school adolescent in a
semi-urban town in Cross River State, Nigeria
by Osonwa Kalu O et al from June to July 2013.
• Out of the 412 respondents, 97.0% claimed to
be awared of TB, prolong cough (37.7%), lack
of knowledge(6.9%),cause by bacteria(25.8%),
transmission(95.2%), treated to cured(90.5%).