The mission of The Union is to bring innovation, expertise, solutions and support to address health challenges in low and middle-income populations. The Union-Uganda office through the SPARK TB plus project which was funded by a Wave 4 TB REACH Grant, implemented various activities aimed at increasing access to quality TB diagnosis and care for the urban poor residing in slum areas of the five districts in Central and Eastern Uganda namely Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, Buikwe and Jinja. In 2015, SEDC was commissioned to undertake an Endline evaluation of the Spark TB Plus Project
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices related to TB among People Living in Slums in five Districts in Central Uganda. Spark TB Plus Endline Survey
To determine the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices related to TB among communities living in slums of the five districts where the SPARK TB plus project has been implemented. It also sought to assess the impact of the SPARK TB plus project on the knowledge, attitudes and treatment practices towards TB exhibited by the health facility and community health workers and selected private health facilities that serve the communities in which the SPARK TB plus project was implemented
1. To examine the effect of project interventions on people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices about TB
2. To examine the effect of project interventions on people’s attitudes and practices towards people diagnosed with or presumed to have TB
3. To examine the changes in knowledge attitudes and practices towards TB among health facility and community level healthcare workers who were part of the SPARK TBplus project.
4. To document changes in the availability of TB Services in communities served by the SPARK TB plus project
This endline Survey utilized the same approach used at baseline. A cross-sectional survey design utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques was adopted. Comparison between Baseline and endline data, wherever possible, has been made to measure project impact.
