Authors
RS Fry, K Khoshnood, E Vdovichenko, J Granskaya, V Sazhin, L Shpakovskaya, V Zhemkov, M Zhemkova, A Rowhani-Rahbar, M Funk, A Kozlov
Publication date
2005/9/1
Journal
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Volume
9
Issue
9
Pages
1027-1033
Publisher
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Description
SETTING
St Petersburg, Russian Federation.
OBJECTIVES
To identify barriers to the completion of tuberculosis (TB) treatment among prisoners and former prisoners in St Petersburg, Russia.
DESIGN
Questionnaires were administered to 60 prisoners and 40 former prisoners. Interviews were performed with prison and TB dispensary staff. Treatment follow-up rates were estimated by matching prison release records against attendance records from all 17 St Petersburg-based TB dispensaries over an 18-month period.
RESULTS
Of 80 released prisoners with active TB in 2002, 21 (26.3%) appeared in dispensary attendance records. Barriers to the completion of TB treatment overall were homelessness, unemployment, alcoholism, drug addiction and difficulty tolerating TB medications with co-morbid illnesses such as human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis. Prisoners and former prisoners ranked help with …
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