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Kilabuk E, Momoli F, Mallick R, Van Dyk D, Pease C, et al.
… remains a significant health burden among Inuit in Canada. Social determinants of health (SDH) play a key role in TB infection, disease and ongoing transmission in this population. The objective of this research was to estimate the prevalence of social determinants of Inuit heal…
Leddy AM, Jaganath D, Triasih R, Wobudeya E, Bellotti de Oliveira MC, et al.
…ed a narrative review to summarize current knowledge on the social determinants of treatment adherence among these age groups to guide efforts and policy to address their unique needs. Our findings revealed that research on TB treatment adherence among children and AYA is still i…
Smith A, Herington E, Loshak H
…ands known as Canada is 1 of the lowest in the world. As “a social disease with a medical dimension,” it is well-recognized that success in eliminating TB is dependent not only upon medical treatment but upon addressing and remedying social inequalities and addressing these socia…
Richard Long, Malcolm King, Alexander Doroshenko, Courtney Heffernan
…g or studying remotely using on-line technologies, limiting social gathering outside of immediate households, emphasizing respiratory and hand hygiene and recommending or mandating wearing masks by members of the public. They also include transparent messaging and consistent publ…
Mangione CM, Barry MJ, Nicholson WK, Cabana M, Chelmow D, et al.
…y and living accommodations, suggesting an association with social determinants of health. Objective To update its 2016 recommendation, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review on LTBI screening and treatment in asymptomatic adults seen in p…
Varughese M, Heffernan C, Li MY, Long R
…ons were not identified, further investigation is needed as social determinants of health among studies conducted in medium and high incidence countries may be shared across both population groups. Trial registration N/a.
Campbell JI, Tabatneck M, Sun M, He W, Musinguzi N, et al.
…g will improve testing completion; interventions addressing social determinants of health are important to improve treatment completion.
Usman Ali Ashfaq
…n with broader health services, and a focus on tackling the social determinants of health. Enhanced surveillance and further research are essential to guide effective and equitable TB control strategies in these high-risk populations.
Biermann O, Lönnroth K, Caws M, Viney K
…th system (eg, resources) and the community/individual (eg, social determinants of health). Only two articles highlighted factors influencing ACF policy development (eg, politics). Six articles described WHO's ACF-related recommendations as important antecedent for ACF. Key compo…
Asare-Baah M, Salmon-Trejo LAT, Venkatappa T, Garfein RS, Aiona K, et al.
…differed by regimen, with distinct risk factors. Addressing social determinants of health within TPT programs is critical to enhance completion rates and reduce TB disease risk in marginalized populations.
Ahmad Firdaus Mohamed, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Wan Mohammad, Roddy Teo, Amabel Seow Min Hui
…g incomplete preventive treatment. It includes tackling the social determinants of health, like improving healthcare system accessibility. A prospective study to evaluate these interventions' effectiveness in improving preventive treatment completion rate is recommended.
Michael Lauzardo, Meghan Nodurft-Froman
…arity within populations, and a better understanding of the social determinants of tuberculosis is needed if we are to keep on the path towards elimination. We declare no competing interests. Epidemiology of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in the USA, 2007–17: an anal…
Père-Joan Cardona, Synne Jenum, Novel N. Chegou
…B, possibly due to stress-induced cortisol elevation. These social determinants, along with comorbidities like undernutrition, alcohol abuse, smoking, living with HIV and diabetes mellitus appear to be active players in the progression equation.TB is not just a biological challen…
Liu J, Liu C, Cui Y, Liu Z, Feng Y, et al.
…migrants to tuberculosis education and its association with social participation. Methods Data were extracted from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS). A total of 5,787 study participants over 60 years of age were eligible for this study. Multilevel logistic regression …
Odera S, Mureithi M, Aballa A, Onyango N, Anzala O, et al.
…and multivariate analyses using the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) was used to determine the prevalence of LTBI and risk factors at 95% Confidence Interval (CI). Results a total of 166 PTB patients yielded 175 HHCs of whom 29.7% (52/125) were males and 70.3% (12…
Dehghani K, Lan Z, Li P, Michelsen SW, Waites S, et al.
…ng Public Health Department of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay.
Noppert GA, Yang Z, Clarke P, Davidson P, Ye W, et al.
…unity-level sources of risk, manifested through the complex social interactions among people and their environments.
Katrak S, Flood J
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to have devastating consequences for patients both globally and locally, with disease risk concentrated in specific subgroups defined by race, ethnicity, and nativity. We highlight TB disparities in California in 2016, and describe opportunities to red…
Donika Mema
… Albania. Participants underwent interviews on demographic, social and exposure factors, as well as tuberculin skin testing to determine the presence of infection. Of the healthcare workers in the field of tuberculosis, only 20% were included in the study. Of the 706 healthcare w…
Gursharan Singh Narang, Preeti Malhotra, Rahul Puri, Ashwani Kumar
…ted was analysed statistically with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0 and the level of significance was determined p-value <0.05 as insignificant, p-value >0.05 as significant and p-value <0.001 as highly significant. Results: A total of 82 cont…
Semá Baltazar C, DeLima YV, Ricardo H, Botão C, Chitsondzo Langa D, et al.
… HIV and the rates of asymptomatic infection by TB, and the social and behavioral risk factors associated. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted from May to June 2017 using a simple random sampling methodology. Eligible participants were individuals who were living in th…
Winter JR, Stagg HR, Smith CJ, Lalor MK, Davidson JA, et al.
…tify associations between HIV and demographic, clinical and social factors. Results There were 106,829 cases of TB in adults (≥ 15 years) reported from 2000 to 2014. The number and proportion of TB patients infected with HIV decreased from 543/6782 (8.0%) in 2004 to 205/6461 (3.2…
Esther Uwimaana
…f TB among individuals enrolled in the Community Health and Social Network of Tuberculosis (COHSONET) study and the Kampala TB Drug Resistance Survey (KDRS). Methods: A total of 210 participants were enrolled in a study of a diagnostic method aimed at determining the levels of HO…
Uwimaana E, Bagaya BS, Castelnuovo B, Kateete DP, Godwin A, et al.
…f TB among individuals enrolled in the Community Health and Social Network of Tuberculosis (COHSONET) study and the Kampala TB Drug Resistance Survey (KDRS). Methods This was a nested cross-sectional study. Plasma and serum samples collected from 140 patients at Mulago National R…
Min J, Kim HW, Stagg HR, Rangaka MX, Lipman M, et al.
…(2) employees of educational institutions, (3) employees of social welfare facilities. We report percentages of participants with LTBI completing each step in the cascade of care model. Poisson regression models were used to determine factors associated with not visiting clinics,…