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A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TUBERCULOSIS A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT MULTAN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).23      10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).23      Published : Mar 2021

A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan

Abstract

    The study was executed to know the sociology-economic impacts of TB on patients and their families in rural areas of district Multan, Pakistan. It was a qualitative research conducted from February to September 2018. The data was collected through In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with 30 TB patients (aged ≥16 years) using an open-ended interview guide and five focus group discussions with the medical personnel who were dealing with TB. Thematic analysis was carried out to analyze data. The study resulted in the majority of TB patients and their family members being illiterate or less educated. Being unfamiliar with TB, its prevention, and treatment protocol, the majority of respondents were under great stress. They were facing various socioeconomic issues like deaths, denial in marriage proposals,divorce/separation, hatred, social isolation, social stigma, and increased economic burden due to long treatment duration. To resolve this life-threatening issue, awareness was found inevitable.

    Socio-economic Impacts, Tuberculosis, Multan, Pakistan

    (1) Syed Zuhaib Aziz
    Ph. D, Department of Sociology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Kamran Ishfaq
    Associate Professor/Chairman, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Shahid Iqbal
    Centre for Disaster, Preparedness & Management, (CDPM), University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Aziz, S. Z., Ishfaq, K., & Iqbal, S. (2021). A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, VI(I), 194-198. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).23

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    CHICAGO : Aziz, Syed Zuhaib, Kamran Ishfaq, and Shahid Iqbal. 2021. "A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI (I): 194-198 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).23

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    HARVARD : AZIZ, S. Z., ISHFAQ, K. & IQBAL, S. 2021. A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, VI, 194-198.

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    MHRA : Aziz, Syed Zuhaib, Kamran Ishfaq, and Shahid Iqbal. 2021. "A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI: 194-198

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    MLA : Aziz, Syed Zuhaib, Kamran Ishfaq, and Shahid Iqbal. "A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI.I (2021): 194-198 Print.

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    OXFORD : Aziz, Syed Zuhaib, Ishfaq, Kamran, and Iqbal, Shahid (2021), "A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, VI (I), 194-198

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Aziz, Syed Zuhaib, Kamran Ishfaq, and Shahid Iqbal. "A Qualitative Study on Socio-economic Impacts of Tuberculosis: A Case Study of District Multan, Pakistan." Global Sociological Review VI, no. I (2021): 194-198. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).23