Unit for Clinical and Biomedical TB research, South African Medical Research Council, 491 Ridge Road, PO Box 70380, Overport 4067, South Africa.
Health Policy. 2010 May;95(2-3):211-5. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.004. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
To strengthen community mobilization, education, awareness and involvement in research to improve Tuberculosis (TB) control, by building partnership between communities and the health sector through the establishment of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) in the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) area.
Key stakeholders from multiple sectors of the target community were identified. Two workshops were held with the aim of communicating the need for CAB and selecting its members. A 22 member INK CAB with representatives from different sectors in the community was selected. CAB members were trained through a 2-day workshop on TB and research.
Various activities were successfully initiated and spearheaded by the INK CAB, and these involved training of Traditional Healers, recruiting of more TB tracer teams, organizing awareness campaigns during TB World Day, establishing TB school peer educators and links with NGOs to support impoverished TB patients all with positive outcomes.
The INK CAB is a successful example of providing a mechanism for community consultation and participation that contributes to promoting and facilitating relevant research and TB control activities.
通过在因达纳、恩图兹马和夸马舒（INK）地区建立社区咨询委员会（CAB），在社区和卫生部门之间建立伙伴关系，加强社区动员、教育、宣传和参与研究，以改善结核病（TB）控制。
确定目标社区多个部门的主要利益攸关方。举办了两次研讨会，旨在传达建立 CAB 的必要性并选择其成员。选择了一个由来自社区不同部门的代表组成的 22 名 INK CAB 成员。通过为期两天的结核病和研究培训，对 CAB 成员进行了培训。
INK CAB 成功发起和领导了各种活动，包括对传统治疗师的培训、招募更多的结核追踪小组、在世界结核病日期间组织宣传活动、建立结核病学校同伴教育者以及与非政府组织建立联系以支持贫困结核病患者，所有这些都取得了积极的成果。
INK CAB 是提供社区协商和参与机制的成功范例，有助于促进和推动相关研究和结核病控制活动。
