Abstract
BackgroundAlthough TB health promotion directed at policy makers and healthcare workers (HCWs) is considered important to tuberculosis (TB) control, no indicators currently assess the impact of such promotional activities. This article is the second in a series of papers that seek to establish a framework of behavioral indicators for outcome evaluation of TB health promotion, using the Delphi method. In the first article, we sought to establish a framework of behavioral indicators for outcome evaluation of TB health promotion among TB suspects and patients. The objective of this second article is to present an indicator framework that can be used to assess behavioral outcomes of TB health promotion directed at policy makers and HCWs.MethodsA two-round, modified Delphi method was used to establish the indicators. Sixteen experts who were knowledgeable and experienced in the field of TB control were consulted in Delphi surveys. A questionnaire was developed following 4 steps, and involved ranking indicators on a five-point Likert scale. The consensus level was 70 %. Median, mode, and Coefficient of variation (CV) were used to describe expert responses. An authority coefficient (Cr) was used to assess the degree of each expert’s authority.ResultsConsensus was achieved following the two survey rounds and several iterations among the experts. For TB health-promotion activities directed at policymakers, the experts reached consensus on 2 domains (“Resource inputs” and “Policymaking and monitoring behaviors”), 4 subdomains (“Human resources” among others), and 13 indicators (“Human resources per 100,000 person” among others). For TB health-promotion activities directed at HCWs, the experts reached consensus on 5 domains (“Self-protective behaviors” among others), 6 sub-domains (“Preventing infection” among others), and 15 indicators (“Average hours of daily workplace disinfection by ultraviolet radiation” among others).ConclusionsThis study identified a conceptual framework of core behavioral indicators to evaluate TB health-promotion activities directed at policymakers and HCWs involved in TB control. Validation in other parts of the world could lead to global consensus on behavioral indicators to evaluate TB health promotion targeted at policymakers and HCWs.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40249-015-0087-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
TB health promotion directed at policy makers and healthcare workers (HCWs) is considered important to tuberculosis (TB) control, no indicators currently assess the impact of such promotional activities
We used a modified Delphi method described in a previous report [33] to establish an indicator framework to evaluate TB health promotion targeted at policymakers and HCWs
Questionnaires were sent to seventeen experts, sixteen of whom responded
Summary
TB health promotion directed at policy makers and healthcare workers (HCWs) is considered important to tuberculosis (TB) control, no indicators currently assess the impact of such promotional activities. We sought to establish a framework of behavioral indicators for outcome evaluation of TB health promotion among TB suspects and patients. The objective of this second article is to present an indicator framework that can be used to assess behavioral outcomes of TB health promotion directed at policy makers and HCWs. Globally, the tuberculosis (TB) mortality rate has fallen by 41 % since 1990, and the world is on track to reach the global target of a 50 % reduction during 2015 [1]. Health policymakers and healthcare workers (HCWs) have important roles in efforts to control TB [7,8,9,10]
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