Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups
A cross-sectional study of Swedish-language students in Umeå, Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15364427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Faustine KK Nkulu (Umeå University, corresponding author), Anna-Karin Hurtig (0000-0001-7087-1467, Umeå University), Clas Ahlm (0000-0003-2018-8592, Umeå University), Ingela Krantz (Skaraborg Hospital) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 349-349 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-10-349 |
| PMID | 20565732 |
| PMCID | PMC2905331 |
| OpenAlex | W2119078299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
Though the majority had contact with Swedish health professionals through the screening process, knowledge about tuberculosis among these immigrants was low with several misconceptions and negative attitudes. Information may currently be inaccessible to most of these immigrants due to the language barrier and unfamiliarity with the Swedish healthcare system. If TB education was included as a component of screening programmes, ensuring that it was tailored to educational background, addressed misconceptions and access problems, it could well help improve TB control in these communities
Biostatistics · Communicable disease · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · General knowledge · Immigration · Logistic regression · Public health · Tuberculosis · Demography · Medicine · Nursing · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology
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| Citations per year | 0.53 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |