Adherence: Barriers and Strategies - Providing incentives and enablers
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Incentives are small rewards given to patients to encourage them to keep their clinic appointments for drug collection and follow-up examinations and tests.
Enablers are those things that make it possible or easier for the patients to receive treatment by overcoming barriers such as transportation difficulties.
Incentives and enablers can be used in facilities providing TB services; they have been shown to effectively help patients stay with and complete treatment.
Incentives and enablers should be chosen according to the patients’ special needs and interests, so they are of value to the patient.
