Social trust and health seeking behaviours: A longitudinal study of a community-based active tuberculosis case finding program in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Lincoln L.H. Lau (Author), Natalee Hung (Author), Warren Dodd (Author), Krisha Lim (Author), Jansel D. Ferma (Author), Donald C. Cole (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Social trust is an important driver of health seeking behaviours and plays a particularly important role for diseases that have a high degree of stigma associated with them, such as tuberculosis (TB). Individuals experiencing poverty also face additional social and financial barriers i...