AUTHOR=Jember Tadesse , Hailu Getachew , Wassie Gizachew Tadesse 

TITLE=Assessment of Family Tuberculosis Contact Screening Practice and its Associated Factors Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Positive Patients in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 68 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605815

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2023.1605815

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Background: Family contacts with pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) index cases are the higher-risk groups to develop Tuberculosis disease. Ethiopia is among the thirty high TB burdened countries. But the magnitude of missed undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases in the community is very high.   
Methods: Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 pulmonary tuberculosis index cases from May 1st to June 30th, 2020. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data were collected through a face-to-face interviewer-administered questionnaire.  Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association between independent variables and family contact screening practice. 
Results: The prevalence of family contact screening was 55.3%, (CI: 60, 50). Having family support for care and treatment (AOR=2.21, 95% CI: 1.16, 4.21), waiting time of fewer than 60 minutes (AOR=2.03, 95% CI: 1.28, 3.21), taking health education on TB prevention and treatment (AOR=1.86), 95% CI: 1.05, 3.29), and having good knowledge about TB prevention (AOR=2.76, 95% CI: 1.77, 4.294) were factors associated with family TB contact screening practice.