TB CONTACT INVESTIGATION--A BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION

描述：调查人员建议开发一种行为 针对进行接触的公共卫生工作者的干预措施 调查并旨在加强接触调查流程。 该项目将基于社会学习理论，并将 分几个阶段进行。首先，对当前的流程进行评估 将进行联系调查程序。结果将指导 开发修订后的接触者调查方案，一种软件 为增强协议而设计的笔记本电脑程序 实施，以及教育接触的行为干预 调查人员在使用该协议和软件。一位形成者 将使用干预措施、方案和软件的评估 完善程序，将在全州范围内实施 阿拉巴马州。随后将进行影响评估，以评估 程序的有效性。如果影响评价结果是 满意，行为干预和接触调查 程序将以可导出到其他文件的格式进行开发 区域和设置。

DESCRIPTION: The investigators propose to develop a behavioral intervention aimed at public health workers who perform contact investigation and designed to enhance the contact investigation process. The project will be based on social learning theory and will be conducted in several phases. First, a process evaluation of the current contact investigation process will be conducted. Results will guide the development of a revised contact investigation protocol, a software program for notebook computers designed to enhance protocol implementation, and a behavioral intervention to educate contact investigators in the use of the protocol and software. A formative evaluation of the intervention, protocol, and software will be used to refine the procedures, which will be implemented throughout the State of Alabama. An impact evaluation will then be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the procedures. If the impact evaluation results are satisfactory, the behavioral intervention and contact investigation procedures will be developed in a format that can be exported to other areas and settings.