Contact Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Initiation for Under-Five Children among Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Positive Patients in Bahir Dar Special Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Health information related to contact screening and IPT initiation of PTB+ patients in Bahir Dar special zone, northwest Ethiopia, March 2016 ().

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Informed about contact screening	Yes	230	90.2
	No	25	9.8
Practice contact screening ()	Yes	149	64.8
	No	81	35.2
Outcome of contact screening	Positive	11	7.4
	Negative	138	92.6
Informed about the presence of IPT	Yes	82	32.2
	No	173	67.8
Started to use IPT ()	Yes	44	31.9
	No	94	68.1
HIV status ()	Positive	34	14.8
	Negative	196	85.2
Place of service provision ()	Health center	190	82.6
	Hospital	40	17.4

IPT: isoniazid preventive therapy; PTB+: smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis; HIV: human immuno virus.