SETTING: Delay in seeking care is one of the critical issues in @entity378 ( @entity378 ) control among homeless @entity1 in Japan. Yet knowledge of and attitude towards @entity378 among homeless @entity1 have remained unclear and limited efforts have been made to disseminate information related to @entity378 among homeless @entity1 . OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of @entity378 leaflets, produced and distributed to homeless @entity1 by a group of ex-homeless @entity378 @entity1 , and to understand what homeless @entity1 know about @entity378 . DESIGN: Self-administered questionnaire was conducted among homeless @entity1 before and after distribution of the @entity378 leaflets. Changes in the responses to each question were also subjected to principal component analysis to group questions into types according to response patterns and identify constructs of @entity378 -related knowledge. RESULTS: Results of 88 @entity1 were analyzed. @entity378 knowledge score related to risks and symptoms significantly improved after the intervention (from 54.3% to 70.6%, p < 0.05), while knowledge on treatment cost did not. Two components were identified, namely, the "improvement in @entity378 impression" and "improvement in @entity378 knowledge". CONCLUSION: @entity378 leaflets were effective in improving certain aspects of @entity378 knowledge. However, its effect on knowledge regarding treatment cost, which may be crucial in improving delay, was limited and thus the messages need to be revised.

[EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TO TUBERCULOSIS AMONG HOMELESS XXXX IN TOKYO, JAPAN].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'persons'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['TB', 'tuberculosis']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['PERSONS']
