Role of community nurses in the prevention of tuberculosis in the Tshwane Health District of Gauteng

dc.contributor.authorMnisi, Siphiwe D.
dc.contributor.authorPeu, Mmapheko Doriccah
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Salome M.
dc.contributor.emaildoriccah.peu@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-19T09:00:59Z
dc.date.available2013-04-19T09:00:59Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-09
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of this study were to identify the role of community nurses in the prevention of tuberculosis (TB) and to identify problems experienced by them when fulfilling this role in the Tshwane Health District of Gauteng. A non-experimental, descriptive, quantitative research design method was used to collect data from community nurses. The sample included 59 registered nurses who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. A questionnaire was used to collect data and quantitative data analysis methods were employed. Various opinions and ideas on the role of community nurses in the prevention of TB and the problems experienced were identified. Based on the results of this research, measures to protect community nurses from contracting TB whilst on duty should be a priority. Government should support TB programmes by providing money to non-governmental organisations and direct observed treatment short course (DOTS) supporters to make follow-up visits to patients possible, thus reducing the number of defaulters. Stringent measures should be taken at all border points to ensure that foreigners are screened for TB, multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drugresistant TB. This study was limited to community nurses in the Tshwane Health District of Gauteng who were registered with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) and therefore this study could not be generalised to registered nurses in the hospital setting or even to clinics in the rest of South Africa.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2013en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to acknowledge the following who contributed to the success of the study: the University of Pretoria and Gauteng Department of Health for providing us with permission to conduct the study, community nurses for agreeing to serve as participants, the supervisors who contributed to the success of the study, library staff, editor Mrs H. Liebenberg, and statistician Mrs J. Sommers.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.curationis.org.zaen_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationMnisi, SD, Peu, MD & Meyer, SM 2012, ‘Role of community nurses in the prevention of tuberculosis in the Tshwane Health District of Gauteng’, Curationis 35(1), Art. #47, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/curationis.v35i1.47en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-8577 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2223-6279 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/curationis.v35i1.47
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21336
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_US
dc.rights© 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectCommunity nursesen_US
dc.subjectTshwane Health district, Gautengen_US
dc.titleRole of community nurses in the prevention of tuberculosis in the Tshwane Health District of Gautengen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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