Estimating the impact of a television campaign on tuberculosis knowledge and intention to test for TB in South Korea

Lee B, Oh H. J, Chon B. S

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 22(1):60-64. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0203

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a television campaign for preventing tuberculosis (TB) executed in South Korea in 2015.

Design: We used a genetic matching method to accurately test the effect of the campaign on changing people's knowledge and behaviour in a nationwide sample of 1000 adults; information was collected using face-to-face interviews.

Results: After matching individuals in treatment and controlled conditions using 11 covariates, we found that the campaign significantly improved people's knowledge about TB, and enhanced people's intention to undertake a TB test when they recognised the signs of TB.

Conclusions: These data highlight the potential usefulness of genetic matching for enhancing statistical rigour when evaluating the effectiveness of a health campaign using a cross-sectional observational study

- PMID: 29297427

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