Upshur R E, Deadman L, Howorth P, Shortt L
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.
Can J Public Health. 1999 Nov-Dec;90(6):389-91. doi: 10.1007/BF03404141.
Selected schools in East York, an ethnically diverse municipality of 110,000 people within Toronto.
To explore school staff's attitudes and beliefs about the nature of tuberculosis and its possible effect on the function and culture of schools.
Four focus groups of 6-8 school staff, lasting from 1 to 1.5 hours, were held in the spring of 1997 at four different schools deemed to be at high risk for tuberculosis contact tracing.
The study identified the following dominant themes: fear of tuberculosis and its impact on school, lack of knowledge and the need for education concerning tuberculosis, and issues in multiculturalism.
Tuberculosis was perceived by staff of East York schools to be a source of fear. Lack of accurate and reliable information concerning tuberculosis contributes to this situation. Staff identified age-specific and culturally relevant, educational initiatives as means to reduce this fear.
研究地点选在东约克区的部分学校，东约克是多伦多市一个拥有11万人口、种族多元化的自治市。
探讨学校工作人员对结核病本质的态度和看法，以及结核病对学校功能和文化可能产生的影响。
1997年春季，在四所被认为结核病接触追踪风险较高的不同学校，组织了四个由6至8名学校工作人员组成的焦点小组，每组持续1至1.5小时。
该研究确定了以下主要主题：对结核病及其对学校影响的恐惧、对结核病知识的缺乏以及对结核病教育的需求，以及多元文化问题。
东约克区学校的工作人员认为结核病是恐惧之源。缺乏关于结核病准确可靠的信息导致了这种情况。工作人员认为针对不同年龄和文化背景的教育举措是减少这种恐惧的方法。
