Toward Elimination: Understand and Addressing Barriers to Latent Tuberculosis Infection Testing and Treatment Among High-Risk Communities in Victoria

Published October 2017.

Tuberculosis elimination can only be realised by preventing reactivation of latent infection in those at risk. Engagement with strategies to increase testing and treatment of latent TB requires community-centred evidence-informed initiatives. This project used a mixed-methods approach to examined tuberculosis knowledge, perceptions of testing and treatment, and enablers and barriers to testing and treatment amongst Victoria’s high-risk communities.