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D BANERJI

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PubMed1964

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN ATTACKING HEALTH PROBLEMS.

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PubMed1963

A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF AWARENESS OF SYMPTOMS AMONG PERSONS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.

In 39 randomly selected villages and towns in Tumkur District, South India, approximately 2000 persons, tuberculosis cases and matched controls, were interviewed in order to determine how many had symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis. Approximately 70% of the bacteriologically confirmed cases and over half the radiologically active or probably active cases had at least one major symptom. The authors discuss these findings in the light of the results of certain other studies they have carried out-for example, on present action-taking among tuberculosis sufferers. They conclude that under present circumstances in India, it is epidemiologically and economically justified to base tuberculosis control programmes on the persons who seek assistance because of worry over symptoms. Only when services satisfying the needs of the already worried tuberculosis sufferers are well developed, may mass case-finding be considered as an additional measure.

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PubMed1963

A SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO AN URBAN TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME IN INDIA.

Tuberculosis control by mass domiciliary chemotherapy is now being attempted on an increasingly large scale in the technically underdeveloped countries. The National Tuberculosis Institute in Bangalore, India, is an important centre for the development of such programmes, and the study reported in this paper is an inquiry into the working of an urban tuberculosis programme which is operated under the auspices of the Institute. The study reveals several fundamental weaknesses in the treatment organization in this particular programme, and the authors show that such weaknesses are in evidence in similar programmes elsewhere. However, the authors conclude that a great proportion of the problems of inadequate treatment can be dealt with by improved administration and organization. In the authors' opinion, such improvements merit a much higher priority than measures to perfect the technical aspects of the programmes.

Developing Countries↗

PubMed1961