Chagas Congenital Screening in Switzerland

Processes of Recognition and Knowledge-Sharing

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ID4564410
AuthorsEugen Rapp (0000-0002-4100-6164, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume40
Issue6
Pages557-571
Publication date2021-08-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2021.1922900
PMID34047630
OpenAlexW3164848424
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

Disparities in control mechanisms to prevent the spread of Chagas disease in Switzerland raise questions about the process of its recognition as a public health problem, particularly as it concerns migrant populations. With a focus on congenital screening practices, I explore the way in which health care providers experience, problematize and respond to the disease, acting as key agents not only in the provision of care but also in the recognition of Chagas disease as a problem that needs to be addressed. Such an approach contributes to the understanding of processes of public health agenda creation around neglected tropical diseases in non-endemic countries

Chagas disease · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Immunology · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Trypanosoma species research and implications

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