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. 2017 Mar 9;12:33. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0561-4

Table 1.

Principal stakeholders, activities, and individual behaviors involved in household TB contact investigation

Stakeholders Activities
Arrange household visits Visit households to screen contacts Evaluate contacts in clinics
Clinic-staff Identify index patients Evaluate referred contacts
Educate index patients Perform diagnostic testing
Obtain list of household contacts Prescribe treatment
Lay health workers (LHWs) Schedule a time for the visit Educate household contacts
Obtain directions to the household Interview household contacts
Refer eligible contacts to clinic
Index patient Consent or not to household visit
Provide directions to the household
Household contacts Consent to screening Visit clinic after being referred
Accept or not accept TB education
Answer TB screening questions