PREVENTION OF PULMONARY TB TRANSMISSION IN THE FAMILY: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Family is the main source of transmission and plays an important role in healing family members of pulmonary TB sufferers. Prevention of transmission of pulmonary TB in families globally is not implemented well at 95 percent, in fact cases of pulmonary TB tend to be hidden, which causes the number of pulmonary TB sufferers to increase. This research is a literature review. The transmission of Tuberculosis in families that occurs can be influenced by remote areas with difficult access to health care, discrimination and community stigma (Kolte et al., 2020). Families who live in the same house as pulmonary TB sufferers account for 20.7 percent of cases causing pulmonary TB transmission and the source of TB infection in the family comes from close family(Kozi?ska and Augustynowicz-Kope?, 2016). The aim of this study to collect and analyze articles related to preventing the transmission of pulmonary TB in the family. The data synthesis process in this research was by comparing 13 pieces of literature that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria with the database sources used, namely: Scholar, Proquest and Ebsco. Data is processed and presented in tabulated form. The results of the research show that in several countries such as Indonesia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Geneva, Kenya and Korea, which were reviewed using a reference system, eight literatures (61.53%) were found to discuss preventing transmission of pulmonary TB in the family and the causes of transmission of pulmonary TB in the family, namely five pieces of literature. (38.47%). Factors that cause transmission are home conditions that do not allow separation between sufferers and other family members, room lighting conditions that act as a breeding ground for bacteria which slows down the healing process for pulmonary TB.