?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Assessment+of+Knowledge+and+Practices+Regarding+Tuberculosis+in+the+Context+of+RNTCP+Among+Non+Allopathic+Practitioners+in+Gwalior+District&rft.creator=Srivastava%2C+DK&rft.creator=Mishra%2C+A&rft.creator=Mishra%2C+S&rft.creator=Gour%2C+N&rft.creator=Bansal%2C+M&rft.creator=Mishra%2C+S&rft.creator=Adhikari%2C+P&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+India+has+the+highest+TB+burden+accounting+for+one-fifth+of+the+global+incidence+with+an+estimated+1.98+million+cases.+Non-+allopathic+practitioners+are+the+major+service+providers+especially+in+rural+and+peri-urban+areas%2C+treating+not+just+patients+of+diarrhea%2C+respiratory+infections+and+abdominal+Pain+but+also+of+tuberculosis.+Objectives%3A+To+assess+the+knowledge+of+sign+and+symptoms+of+TB+and+its+management+as+per+the++RNTCP+guidelines+and+to+assess+the+practicing+pattern+regarding+tuberculosis.+Material+%26+Methods%3A+The+present+was+carried+out+among+the+registered+non+allopathic+practitioners+providing+their+services+in+Gwalior+District+during+the+study+period.+A+total+of+150+non+allopathic+practitioners+of+various+methods+from+both+government+and+private+sectors+were+interviewed+using+a+pre-designed%2C+pre-tested+semi-structured+questionnaire.+The+information+was+collected+on+the+General+profile+of+the+participant%2C+knowledge+about+signs+and+symptoms+of+TB+and+its+management%2C+practices+commonly+adopted+in+the+management+and+their+views+on+involvement+of+non+allopathic+practitioners+in+RNTCP+programme.+Result%3A+The+average+score+of+government+practitioners+was+7.3+compared+to+4.6+by+private+practitioners.+There+was+a+statistically+significant+difference+between+the+two+group+on+issue+related+to+the+management+of+TB+patients+as+per+the+RNTCP+guidelines.+Government+practitioners+relied+mostly+on+sputum+examination+for+diagnosis+and+follow+up+compared+to+private+practitioners+who+chose+other+modalities+like+X-ray%2C+blood+examination+for+this+work.+Conclusion%3A+There+is+a+gap+in+knowledge+and+practices+of+practitioners+of+both+the+sectors.+Some+++serious+efforts+were+required+to+upgrade+the+knowledge+of+non+allopathic+practitioners+if+the+government+is+serious+about+controlling+tuberculosis+in+India.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7956%2F1%2F2011-2-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Srivastava%2C+DK+and+Mishra%2C+A+and+Mishra%2C+S+and+Gour%2C+N+and+Bansal%2C+M+and+Mishra%2C+S+and+Adhikari%2C+P++(2011)+An+Assessment+of+Knowledge+and+Practices+Regarding+Tuberculosis+in+the+Context+of+RNTCP+Among+Non+Allopathic+Practitioners+in+Gwalior+District.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7956%2F