“Knowledge About Tuberculosis And Its Treatment Among Nursing Students At Selected Colleges, Kanpur U.P.”

Abstract

Nurses play an important role in health sector. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and spread from person to person via droplets, in order to prevent and control Tuberculosis, community participation is needed on priority basis. Health workers create awareness among people and motivate them to participate in national health programs run by government for prevention and control of various communicable, non-communicable diseases, welfare programs etc. TB control strategies will be successful when health workers will be well known about this disease, Direct Observation Therapy and administration of anti-tuberculosis medications, its side effects etc. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge of nursing students about Tuberculosis and its treatment at selected colleges, UP. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study 160 nursing students were involved in this study. Data were collected through questionnaires, which include demographics variables and knowledge based questionnaires with yes–no options related to TB and its treatment