Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study

P. Brewin1, A. Jones2, M. Kelly3, M. McDonald4, E. Beasley4, P. Sturdy5, G. Bothamley1,C. Griffiths5Background Screening of immigrants has been a widespread response to the global resurgence of tuberculosis but has been criticized as discriminatoryand stigmatising. Acceptability is an essential but neglected ethical prerequisite of screening programmes, particularly those targeting vulnerablegroups such as refugees. No data exist concerning acceptability of tuberculosis screening. We therefore e ...

Predictors of Screening Results for Depressive Symptoms Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles With Latent Tuberculosis

1}1School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA2David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA3School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CAAccepted 31 December 2004Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of screeningresults for depressive symptoms in a Los Angeles homeless population withlatent tuberculosis (TB). Four hundred and fifteen homeless adults participatingin a nurse case managed intervention were i ...

Using Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening

Andy W. Steele, MD, MPH, Sheri Eisert, PhD, Art Davidson, MD, MPH, Taylor Sandison, MD, Pat Lyons,Nedra Garrett, Patricia Gabow, MD, Eduardo Ortiz, MD, MPHBackground: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published guidelines recommendingscreening high-risk groups for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The goal ofthis study was to determine the impact of computerized clinical decision support andguided web-based documentation on screening rates for LTBI.Design: Nonrandomize ...

Screening of Immigrants and Refugees for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in San Diego County, California

Study objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of a tuberculosis (TB) screening program for recentimmigrants to San Diego County, CA, and to compare the demographic and clinical characteristicsof pulmonary TB cases occurring in recently arrived foreign-born persons detected throughthis screening with those of similar cases found through routine surveillance.Design: Retrospective review of computer databases and medical records.Setting: Local public health department.Patients: Recent immigrants and r ...

Contact tracing and population screening for tuberculosis – who should be assessed?

Abstract Benjamin R. Underwood, Veronica L. C. White, Tim Baker, Malcolm Lawand John C. Moore-Gillon Background The aim of the study was to investigate therelative effectiveness of four strategies in detecting and preventingtuberculosis: contact tracing of smear-positive pulmonarydisease, of smear-negative pulmonary disease andof non-pulmonary disease, and screening new entrants.Methods An analysis of patient records and a TB databasewas carried out for an NHS Trust-based tuberculosis servicein ...

Adapting Building & Cities for Climate Change

379 صفحه پی دی اف تحت پوشش IsI   ...

دانلود کتاب داستان انگلیسی Run For Your Life

              در یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، خواندن و شنیدن اهمیت فراوانی دارد. از جمله راههای تقویت خواندن Reading و شنیدن Listening ، مطالعه کتابهای داستان سطح بندی شده انگلیسی است. خواندن کتاب داستان ساده به زبان انگلیسی باعث می شود تا با جمله های جدید و کلمات جدید آشنا شوید. شنیدن فایلهای صوتی کتاب داستانهای انگلیسی همراه با خواندن آنها نیز گوش شما را با کلمات آشنا می کند. در این بخش کتاب داستان انگلیسی سطح مقدماتی با نام Run For Your Life در سطح ۱ و لهجه ...

Inclusive Urban Design Streets for Life

Foreword ixPreface xiThe authors xiiiAcknowledgements xvList of figures and tables xviiStructure of the book xxiiiPart 1 Streets for Life: Why? 1Chapter 1 Origins of the Streets for Life concept 3Chapter 2 The need for dementia-friendly streets 17Chapter 3 Older people’s experiences of their local streets 33Part 2 Streets for Life: How? 49Introduction to Part 2 50Chapter 4 Familiarity 51Chapter 5 Legibility 64Chapter 6 Distinctiveness 78Chapter 7 Accessibility 92Chapter 8 Comfort 104Chapte ...

manual for streets

  Foreword 6Preface 71 Introduction 102 Streets in context 143 The design process - from policy to implementation 224 Layout and connectivity 405 Quality places 506 Street users’ needs 627 Street geometry 788 Parking 989 Traffic signs and markings 11410 Street furniture and street lighting 12011 Materials, adoption and maintenance 126Index 138     ...

Masonry: Opportunities for the 21 century

OverviewMORTARSSpecifying Historic Materials: The Use of Lime--L. B. SICKELS-TAVES AND M. S. SHEEHANInvestigation of the Rheology and Microstructure of Hydrated Lime and Sand forMortars---A. B. ABELL AND Jo M. NICHOLSHigh Pozzolan Mortars and Stuccos---D. H. NORVM~'~RThe Effect of Acid Rain on Magnesium Hydroxide Contained in Cement-LimeMortar--s. BERMAN, D. DRAGE, AND M. J. TATEEmley Plasticity Testing: The First Steps to a Precision and Bias Statement--R. J. GODBEY AND M. L. THOMSONA Tradition ...