Effectiveness of the TB Contact Priority Model

The broad purpose of this project, proposed by investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the State of Alabama Department of Public Health, is to use a behaviorally focused education that has been proven effective to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the contact investigation process. The behaviorally focused intervention will focus on enabling public health workers to understand and implement a recently published model of TB transmission.

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Key information

Conditions

Tuberculosis Actinomycetales Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Infections Mycobacterium Infections

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Observational

About this study

BACKGROUND:

Investigation of contacts of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is an important epidemiological tool in TB control. Unfortunately, due to budgetary and resource constraints, many health departments struggle to fulfill their responsibility of TB control through contact investigation.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Primary outcome The primary outcome of this project is to examine the clinical effectiveness of the TB transmission model. This will be done by examining the sensitivity and specificity of the model when used in a field application.

Key secondary outcomes Evaluation of the efficiency of contact investigation (two outcomes: 1) weekly average time to tuberculin skin test placement for high risk contacts, 2) weekly average time to the close of the contact investigation.) Qualitative assessment of individuals who are incorrectly predicted by the model to have a negative tuberculin skin test

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

B field workers for the Alabama Department of Public Health.

Treatment and study plan

TB Contact Priority Model

Behavioral

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2009
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Sep 8, 2005
Registry last updated: Apr 14, 2009

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