Being safe feeling safe and stigmatizing attitude among primary health care staff in providing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care in Bantul District Yogyakarta Province Indonesia

摘要

IntroductionPatient-centered care approach in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care requires health worker safety that covers both being safe and feeling safe to conduct the services. Stigma has been argued as a barrier to patient-centered care. However, there has been relatively little research addressing the issues of safety and stigma among health staff. This paper explored the issue of being safe, feeling safe, and stigmatizing attitude among health staff working with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in primary health care facilities in Indonesia.