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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2012, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (04): 237-240.

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of tuberculosis control project among the floating population

ZHANG Dan, PANG Xue-wen, WANG Xu, CHEN Shi-qiang, QI Wei, LI Jing-xin, LI Shang-lun   

  1. Department of Research,Tianjin Center for Tuberculosis Control,Tianjin 300041,China
  • Received:2011-09-20 Online:2012-04-10 Published:2012-06-14
  • Contact: LI Shang-lun E-mail:shanglunli@126.com

Abstract: Objective  To assess the effectiveness of floating population TB project for improving the tuberculosis control work in the project covered area.  Methods  The information related to policy and funding, TB case referral and tracing, treatment and management, health education were analyzed in 7 project covered districts(counties). SPSS13.0 software is used for statistical analysis.  Results  After the project implementation, the DOTS coverage reached 100.0%, the referral in place rate increased from 15.88%(3511/22 106) to 52.01%(9698/18 646)(χ2=6025,P<0.01), the tracing in place rate rose from 19.38%(2519/12 999)to 36.54%(4284/11 724)(χ2=910.3,P<0.01), the cure rate of smear-positive pulmonary TB rose from 51.11%(918/1796) to 72.71%(946/1301)(χ2=146.9,P<0.01).  Conclusion  The floating population tuberculosis control project play a positive role in tuberculosis case treatment and management.

Key words: Tuberculosis/prevention &, control, Evaluation studies