--- abstract: 'Introduction: The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has been implemented in the country for close to a decade now. DOT providers are primarily responsible for the success of the programme at the field level by giving a VIP status to the patient in the programme. The present study is an attempt to know the knowledge and attitude of DOT providers about TB and its treatment. Material and methods: A pre-tested questionnaire was used to seek information from DOT providers about their knowledge and attitude regarding tuberculosis, RNTCP and DOTS. The analysis of association between knowledge regarding TB and training status of the DOT provider was done using chi- square test. Results: Out of 50 DOT providers 37 (74%) were females and 13 (26%) were males. On statistical analysis the knowledge about treatment schedule between trained & untrained DOT Providers was found to be highly Significant. Conclusions: The study highlights the need for training and reorientation courses for DOT providers regarding TB. Constant monitoring and supervision is required by trained staff in Tuberculosis Unit.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue42/2012-2-3.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - prettyaman@rediffmail.com - ~ - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Kaur given: A honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Balgir given: RS honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Kaur given: P honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Gupta given: V honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2012-07-25 date_type: published datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:05:49 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/88/91 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 8891 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/8891/1/2012-2-3.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: unpub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Tuberculosis; DOTS provider; Knowledge; Attitude lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:05:49 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2(3) pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tHeymann D, Thuriaux M. 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