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Table 2 List of themes for barriers and facilitators of NACS implementation

From: Barriers and facilitators of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support for tuberculosis patients: a qualitative study

Levels

Themes

Barriers

Facilitators

Organization

• Suboptimal nutritional supply

• Lack of supportive supervision

• Lack of enough workforce

• Staff turn-over

• Sudden withdrawal of partners

• The weak link with social service

• Training

• Availability of measurement and education tools

• Inclusion of nutrition indicators in the TB register

• Collaborating partners

Care providers

• Lack of commitment

 

Patients

• Socioeconomic status of patients

• Sharing and selling of supply

• Perceived improved status

• Perceived stigma

• Motivation to know their status