Projects
Here are some exciting projects and endeavours that represent social science work in TB, undertaken by contributors to SSHIFTB.
Xpert Omni Performance Evaluation for Linkage to Tuberculosis care (The XPEL TB Trial)
The Xpert Omni Performance Evaluation for Linkage to Tuberculosis Care (The...
User perspectives on nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) to detect tuberculosis and drug resistant tuberculosis
This study involves a systematic review of qualitative evidence on...
Use MY Voice to EndTB: empowering community health workers to de-stigmatise tuberculosis (TB) care in South Africa
The study aim is to inform the development of community-led,...
Understanding the context of private general practitioners’ prescribing practices and patient management decisions in South Africa
There is little research on the quality of care in...
The IMPACT study: Intervening with a Manualised Package to Achieve treatment adherence in people with Tuberculosis
Compared to the rest of the UK and Western Europe,...
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Implementing Evidence-Based Depression Treatment within the TB Care Platform in South Africa: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
Project Abstract TB and major depressive disorder (MDD) are the...
TB-CHAMP:Tuberculosis Child Multidrug-resistant Preventive Therapy Trial
phase III cluster randomised placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy...
TB Wave 7 Project Implementation and Assessment
TB REACH is a Stop TB Partnership platform that supports...
TB stigma photovoice research
This photovoice study, rooted in participatory action research and feminist...
TB and HIV stigma compounded by threatened masculinity: implications for TB health-care seeking in Malawi
Summary of study results: Managing patients requires 1) going beyond...
TAG: Treatment Action Group
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is an independent, activist and community-based...
Study 35A: Children, caregivers’ and health workers’ acceptability of a novel short once-weekly rifapentine and isoniazid tuberculosis preventive therapy regimen in children
The study aim is to understand child, caregivers’ and health...
STREAM (Evaluation of a Standardised Treatment Regimen of Anti-tuberculosis Drugs for Patients with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis)
STREAM is the first large-scale, multi-country clinical trial to examine...