title: Control measures to trace ≤ 15-year-old contacts of index cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: This was descriptive study carried out in a medium-sized Brazilian city. In ≤ 15-year-old contacts of index cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis, we assessed compliance with the Brazilian national guidelines for tuberculosis control. We interviewed 43 contacts and their legal guardians. Approximately 80% of the contacts were not assessed by the municipal public health care system, and only 21% underwent tuberculin skin testing. The results obtained with the Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector method suggest that health care teams have a biased attitude toward assessing such contacts and underscore the need for training health professionals regarding tuberculosis control programs.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cláudia Di Lorenzo
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil.
authors.forename: Angelita Cristine de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lílian Ruth Silva de
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil.
authors.forename: Emerson Lopes
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Froede
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Camargos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*