Strategies to reach and motivate migrant communities at high risk for TB to participate in a latent tuberculosis infection screening program: a community-engaged, mixed methods study among Eritreans

Table 3 Uptake of LTBI education and screening, ranked from most successful to least successful strategy

PHS	Strategies	Numbers envisioned to reach	Participated in LTBI education	Received LTBI screening
PHS	Strategies	n	n (% of n envisioned to reach)	n (% of n LTBI education)	(% of n envisioned to reach)
Total		904	401 (44%)	257 (64%)	(28%)
4	Strategy 4.3: Female group house	35	25 (71%)	31 (124%)^a	(89%)
3	Strategy 2.1: Face to face promotion	47	30 (64%)	62 (124%)^a	(84%)
3	Strategy 2.2: Face to face promotion	27	20 (74%)	62 (124%)^a	(84%)
2	Strategy 5: Male football team	20	15 (75%)	10 (67%)	(50%)
2	Strategy 4.1: Female group house	20	12 (60%)	9 (75%)	(45%)
4	Strategy 6.1: Eritrean church	200	65+ (33%) ^b,c	70 (108%)	(35%)
2	Strategy 3.2: Dutch language classes	50	30 (60%)	16 (53%)	(32%)
1	Strategy 1: Invitation through mail and social media	175	44 (25%)	32 (73%)	(18%)
1	Strategy 3.1: Dutch language classes	20	12 (60%)	3 (25%)	(15%)
2	Strategy 3.3: Dutch language classes	60	8 (13%)	7 (88%)	(12%)
2	Strategy 4.2: Male group house	50	30 (60%)	5 (17%)	(10%)
5	Strategy 6.2: Eritrean church	200	110 (55%)^d	11 (10%)	(6%)

PHS Public Health Service, LTBI Latent tuberculosis infection
^aPersons who attended the education session were encouraged to motivate and bring friends and family to the LTBI screening, which resulted in LTBI screening uptake (compared to LTBI education uptake) percentages over 100%
^bPersons in the church who registered-after promotion talk after church service- to receive an invitation by mail for extensive education session and LTBI screening at the PHS
^cOne household member had to register to receive an invitation which was valid for the whole household
^dNumber of invitations handed out after the promotion talk after the church service

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