Kevin Schwartzman

Biographic Data

ID1469328
NAMEKevin Schwartzman
GIVEN NAMESKevin
FAMILY NAMESchwartzman
SIGNATURESCHWARTZMAN K
AFFILIATIONSMcGill University
ORCID0000-0002-3354-1159
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS13
WORKS AS AUTHOR20
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Contextual factors influencing implementation of tuberculosis digital adherence technologies

    Open AccessShruti Bahukudumbi, Chimweta I Chilala et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Digital adherence technologies (DATs) may enable person-centred tuberculosis (TB) treatment monitoring; however, implementation challenges may undermine their effectiveness. Using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance framework, we conducted a scoping review to identify contextual factors informing 'reach' (DAT engagement by people with TB) and 'adoption' (DAT uptake by healthcare providers or clinics). …

  • Implementation outcomes of tuberculosis digital adherence technologies

    Open AccessChimweta I Chilala, Nicola Foster et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious causes of death, with 1.3 million deaths. Digital adherence technologies (DATs) have the potential to provide person-centred care and improve outcomes. Using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, we conducted a scoping review of DAT implementations for TB treatment. METHODS: We searched seven databases for papers publis…

  • The performance of digital technologies for measuring tuberculosis medication adherence

    Open AccessMiranda Zary, Mona Salaheldin Mohamed et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

  • Cost and cost-effectiveness of digital technologies for support of tuberculosis treatment adherence

    Open AccessCedric Kafie, Mona Salaheldin Mohamed et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

  • The association of Sars-CoV-2 infection and tuberculosis disease with unfavorable treatment outcomes

    Open AccessNirma Khatri Vadlamudi, C Andrew Basham et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background Whether SARS-CoV-2 infection and its management influence tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes is uncertain. We synthesized evidence on the association of SARS-CoV-2 coinfection ( Coinfection Review ) and its management ( Clinical Management Review ) on treatment outcomes among people with tuberculosis (TB) disease. Methods We systematically searched the literature from 1 January 2020 to 6 February 2022. Primary outcomes included: unfa…

  • Social and behavioral risk reduction strategies for tuberculosis prevention in Canadian Inuit communities

    Open AccessAashna Uppal, Olivia Oxlade et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Strategies that aim to reduce commercial tobacco use and improve food security will likely lead to modest reductions in TB morbidity and mortality. Although important for the communities, strategies that address excess alcohol use and overcrowding will likely have a more limited impact on TB-related outcomes at current scale, and are associated with much higher cost. Their benefits will be more substantial with scale up, which will also likely ha…

  • The impact of tuberculosis on health utility

    Open AccessMelissa Bauer, Sara Ahmed et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014

  • Cost-effectiveness of novel vaccines for tuberculosis control

    Open AccessChia‐Lin Tseng, Chia-Lin Tseng et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Investment in an improved TB vaccine is predicted to result in considerable cost savings, as well as a reduction in TB morbidity and TB-related mortality, when added to existing control strategies. For a vaccine with waning efficacy, a prime-boost strategy is more cost-effective in the long term

  • Tuberculosis and homelessness in Montreal

    Open AccessJason Tan de Bibiana, Carmine Rossi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    TB cases among homeless persons in Montreal raise concerns about delayed diagnosis and ongoing local transmission

  • Referrals for positive tuberculin tests in new health care workers and students

    Open AccessYining Xu, Kevin SchwartzmanARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

    Only a small proportion of health care workers and students with positive baseline tuberculin tests were eligible for, and completed treatment for latent TB infection. We discuss recommendations for improving the referral process, so as to better target workers and students who require specialist evaluation and treatment for latent TB infection. Treatment adherence also needs improvement

  • Tuberculosis and the city

    Open AccessAndrew Carter, Andrew P Carter et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2009References: 2

  • Tracking tuberculosis in the past

    Open AccessOlson, Sherry Olson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Historical Geography2009Cited by: 1

  • Tuberculosis in Town

    Mary Anne Poutanen, Olson et al.ARTICLEHistoire sociale2009Cited by: 3References: 9

    Durant le deuxième quart du XX e siècle, la gestion idéale de la tuberculose exigeait l'immobilisation du malade pendant un an ou plus. En même temps, les villes nordaméricaines vivaient des changements majeurs axés sur une augmentation importante de la mobilité personnelle. Dans un ensemble de 300 cas d'étude montréalais, les auteurs observent les pressions contradictoires exercées sur les tuberculeux, ainsi que la résistance qu'ils pouvaient le…

  • Tuberculosis screening of travelers to higher-incidence countries

    Open AccessMichael Tan, Dick Menzies et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    A single post-trip tuberculin skin test was the most cost-effective strategy considered, for travelers from the United States or Canada. The analysis did not evaluate the use of interferon-gamma release assays, which would be most relevant for travelers who received BCG vaccination after infancy, as in many European countries. Screening decisions should reflect duration of travel, tuberculosis incidence, and commitment to treat latent infection

  • Collapse and Expand

    Annmarie Adams, Kevin Schwartzman et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture2008Cited by: 2

    This paper explores the complex reflexive relationships among technologies associated with tuberculosis care and treatment: the fresh air cure, surgical collapse therapy, architecture, and chemotherapy. We review the architectural histories of the Royal Edward Laurentian Hospital (now the Montreal Chest Institute) to track important transformations of treatment environments. We recount how the rest-cure prevalent at the beginning of the twentieth…

  • Impact of Dots expansion on tuberculosis related outcomes and costs in Haiti

    Open AccessVary Jacquet, Willy Morose et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2006

    A modest investment for DOTS expansion in Haiti would provide considerable humanitarian benefit by reducing tuberculosis-related morbidity, mortality and costs for patients and their families. These benefits, together with projected minimal Haitian government savings, argue strongly for donor support for DOTS expansion

  • The Long-term Health and Economic Benefits of Dots Implementation in Ecuador

    Open AccessOlivia Oxlade, Judyth Vaca et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2006References: 11

  • Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal

    Open AccessIan Wanyeki, Olson et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 7References: 12

  • Pneumothorax Then and Now

    Open AccessAnnmarie Adams, Kevin SchwartzmanARTICLESpace and Culture2005

    This article begins with a photograph of the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Montreal depicting the induction of a pneumothorax, a treatment for tuberculosis (TB) used from the 1920s to the 1940s. The authors place the photograph in historical context and review the contents of the room it shows, including a patient’s chest X ray. Building on Martha Langford’s Suspended Conversations, the authors examine the use of such photographic and X ray ima…

  • Feasibility and reliability of health-related quality of life measurements among tuberculosis patients

    Open AccessMarie-Josée Dion, Pierre Tousignant et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2004