Abstract

CARDONA-ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio  and  HERNANDEZ-PETRO, Angélica María. Knowledge, attitudes and practices about tuberculosis in zenúes indigenous and habitants of a rural area of Colombia.. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.2, pp.157-171. ISSN 1692-7273.

Indigenous and rural area residents are groups at high risk for tuberculosis. The strategies of health promotion and disease prevention must be based on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (CAP) that communities have on this topic. Objective: to describe the CAP about tuberculosis and its association with socio-demographic aspects in Indigenous and rural area residents of Cordoba, Colombia, 2012, and assess the validity and reliability of the scale CAP. Materials and methods: cross sectional study in 300 individuals, 100 Zenú indigenous and 200 peasants. Data were collected through primary source, analyzes were performed using summary measures, frequency and nonparametric statistics tests in SPSS 20. Results: CAP showed good reliability and validity of appearance, content and construct. In knowledge 76% presented a satisfactory level, the attitudes 77% were unsatisfactory and the 48% had good practices. There was no statistical association of CAP with sex or religious beliefs, the ethnicity were statistically significant differences in knowledge and practices. The age was statistically associated with knowledge, education showed association with the practices. Conclusion: there was an adequate level of knowledge about tuberculosis, while attitudes and practices were unsatisfactory; the main factors associated with CAP were ethnicity, age and education.

Keywords : tuberculosis; knowledge; attitudes; practices; indigenous; Colombia.

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