TB CONTACT INVESTIGATION--A BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION

描述：研究人员建议开发一种行为 针对从事接触工作的公共卫生工作者的干预措施 调查，旨在加强接触调查过程。 该项目将以社会学习理论为基础， 分几个阶段进行。首先，对当前的 将进行接触调查。结果将指导 开发一个修订的接触调查方案，一个软件， 笔记本电脑增强协议程序 实施和行为干预，以教育接触 研究人员使用协议和软件。形成性 对干预、方案和软件的评价将用于 完善程序，将在全国范围内实施 来自亚拉巴马。然后将进行影响评估， 程序的有效性。如果影响评估结果为 行为干预和接触调查 程序将以一种可以导出到其他 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.