Thesis: Preventive Behaviors of Family Members with Tuberculosis in Bacoor City
CHAPTER I
PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people with the active respiratory disease.
In healthy people, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis often causes no symptoms, since the person's immune system acts to “wall off” the bacteria. The symptoms of active TB of the lung are coughing, sometimes with sputum or blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats. Tuberculosis is treatable with a six-month course of antibiotics.
The researchers aimed to conduct a study regarding the said disease to contribute on the disease prevention and to lessen the number of TB cases on the said area; and to determine the effectiveness of face to face education in improving the adherence on the management and preventive behavior on Tuberculosis and Also to explore the preventive behavior within the household and the Cullion foundation that the health center provides to the community residence.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Tuberculosis has been considered a major health problem worldwide that contributes to the considerable losses of resources. Substantial funds were spent in coming up with research based treatment and control of the tuberculosis, yet 1.77 million people died form TB in 2007 which is equal to about 4,800 deaths a day (WHO, 2009). Further, it was reported that there are already about two billion people, equal to one third of the world’s total population who are infected with TB. Despite the efforts made by the WHO, case findings on TB positive patients had tremendously increased including patients with Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis.
Directed by the WHO, the Philippine government has launched several programs to fight against TB for decades, one of which is the National
PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people with the active respiratory disease.
In healthy people, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis often causes no symptoms, since the person's immune system acts to “wall off” the bacteria. The symptoms of active TB of the lung are coughing, sometimes with sputum or blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats. Tuberculosis is treatable with a six-month course of antibiotics.
The researchers aimed to conduct a study regarding the said disease to contribute on the disease prevention and to lessen the number of TB cases on the said area; and to determine the effectiveness of face to face education in improving the adherence on the management and preventive behavior on Tuberculosis and Also to explore the preventive behavior within the household and the Cullion foundation that the health center provides to the community residence.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Tuberculosis has been considered a major health problem worldwide that contributes to the considerable losses of resources. Substantial funds were spent in coming up with research based treatment and control of the tuberculosis, yet 1.77 million people died form TB in 2007 which is equal to about 4,800 deaths a day (WHO, 2009). Further, it was reported that there are already about two billion people, equal to one third of the world’s total population who are infected with TB. Despite the efforts made by the WHO, case findings on TB positive patients had tremendously increased including patients with Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis.
Directed by the WHO, the Philippine government has launched several programs to fight against TB for decades, one of which is the National