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Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"

Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in many regions of the world. TB control can only be achieved through a comprehensive and inclusive response which takes into account both upstream and downstream coordinated interventions related to structural determinants such as pov...

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Autores principales: Rubinstein, Fernando, Blumenfeld, Alejandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10125050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37579479
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7643
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description Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in many regions of the world. TB control can only be achieved through a comprehensive and inclusive response which takes into account both upstream and downstream coordinated interventions related to structural determinants such as poverty, nutrition, sanitation, housing and access to healthcare as well as timely diagnosis and support throughout the course of treatment. Several social and financial support strategies have been proposed to improve TB treatment adherence, including conditional cash transfers (CCTs). In this context, demonstrating that social protection directly improves a specific health outcome using routinely collected data, incomplete registries or surveillance reports brings about many methodological challenges. We briefly discuss this paper and some limitations, describe main findings from our own research in this area and make a call to expand social protection interventions to address structural conditions of those most affected.
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spelling pubmed-101250502023-04-25 Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India" Rubinstein, Fernando Blumenfeld, Alejandro Int J Health Policy Manag Commentary Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in many regions of the world. TB control can only be achieved through a comprehensive and inclusive response which takes into account both upstream and downstream coordinated interventions related to structural determinants such as poverty, nutrition, sanitation, housing and access to healthcare as well as timely diagnosis and support throughout the course of treatment. Several social and financial support strategies have been proposed to improve TB treatment adherence, including conditional cash transfers (CCTs). In this context, demonstrating that social protection directly improves a specific health outcome using routinely collected data, incomplete registries or surveillance reports brings about many methodological challenges. We briefly discuss this paper and some limitations, describe main findings from our own research in this area and make a call to expand social protection interventions to address structural conditions of those most affected. Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10125050/ /pubmed/37579479 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7643 Text en © 2023 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title_full Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title_fullStr Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title_full_unstemmed Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title_short Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient: Comment on "Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India"
title_sort conditional cash transfer to improve tb outcomes: necessary but not sufficient: comment on "does direct benefit transfer improve outcomes among people with tuberculosis? – a mixed-methods study on the need for a review of the cash transfer policy in india"
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10125050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37579479
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7643
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