Closing the policy-practice gap in the management of child contacts of tuberculosis cases in developing countries

Philip C Hill; Merrin E Rutherford; Rick Audas; Reinout van Crevel; Stephen M Graham

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001105

Closing the policy-practice gap in the management of child contacts of tuberculosis cases in developing countries

PLoS Med. 2011 Oct;8(10):e1001105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001105. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

Authors

Philip C Hill¹, Merrin E Rutherford, Rick Audas, Reinout van Crevel, Stephen M Graham

Affiliation

¹ Centre for International Health, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand. Philip.hill@otago.ac.nz

Abstract

Philip Campbell Hill and colleagues propose using a health needs assessment framework, research tools, and a strategy for clinical evaluation to help better manage child contacts of adult TB cases.

MeSH terms

Adult
Child Health Services / organization & administration
Child, Preschool
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration
Contact Tracing* / methods
Developing Countries*
Health Policy
Humans
Infant
Program Evaluation
Tuberculosis / prevention & control*
Tuberculosis / transmission*