Tuberculosis: standards and resources for quality improvement in resource limited settings

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dc.contributor.advisorChristine Arcari, PhD MPHen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSusan Weller, PhDen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPhilip Keiser, MDen_US
dc.creatorKatherine Louise McQuadeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-20T16:05:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-19T22:05:31Z
dc.date.available2010-09-28en_US
dc.date.available2011-12-20T16:05:13Z
dc.date.available2014-02-19T22:05:31Z
dc.date.created2010-08-21en_US
dc.date.issued2010-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis is a significant problem, infecting nearly 9 million new patients per year and killing about 2 million a year. The fight to eradicate TB is located primarily in countries that are resource poor and disproportionately affected by HIV and the development of drug resistant TB. The primary means with which to affect TB globally are to decrease transmission locally, mainly by effective identification, diagnosis, and treatment of TB patients. Providing quality care to TB patients is therefore essential to the global effort to eradicate TB. This review describes the problem of TB, identifies the essential services of TB control programs and standards of care, and reviews the available resources for quality improvement in resource limited settings. Finally, recommendations for a quality improvement plan for a TB control program in resource limited settings are made.en_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.otheretd-08212010-093720en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/214
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the TDL web site by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.subjecttuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectTBen_US
dc.subjectresource limited settingsen_US
dc.subjectquality improvementen_US
dc.subjectquality assuranceen_US
dc.subjectdeveloping countriesen_US
dc.titleTuberculosis: standards and resources for quality improvement in resource limited settingsen_US
dc.type.genrethesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPreventative Medicine and Community Healthen_US
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas Medical Branchen_US
thesis.degree.levelMasteren_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Healthen_US

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