Since in most of the tribes in the country, a man is considered to be the bread winner and head of the household, finding a household headed by a woman is directly linked to a family that is insecure in a number of ways such as food availability and previous history of home violence.
Despite this positive finding, households residing in areas with relatively high concentrations of recent immigrants had slightly lower adjusted odds of registering for the program (OR = 0.97, CI: 0.95-0.98).
To assess the value of active case finding among household contacts of patients with infectious TB, we studied within- and outside-household TB transmission, using data collected in a population-based study in rural southern Vietnam.
This result argues against the effectiveness of active TB case finding among household members.
This finding argues against active TB case finding among household members as an effective method for improving case finding.
Using a panel of nearly 15,000 U.S. households, Shimshack and Ward (2010) studied fish purchases from 2000 through 2002, finding that households with pregnant women or young children reduced both their mercury and n-3 LCPUFA intakes after the 2001 advisory.
And while generally finding most households to be in slightly better financial shape relative to 1995, the report, the Fed's survey of consumer finances, flashed some warning signs about the accumulation of debt.
Their key roles included household registration and update every six months, monthly household visits, active case finding mainly in households with pregnant women and under-five children, and referrals of pregnant women to the clinics for antenatal visits.
Gardner said this could be the result of stretched affordability and strict lending criteria making it difficult for first-time buyers, coupled with younger households finding owner-occupancy less suitable for their needs.
