Infection of the Invisible: Impressions of a Tuberculosis Intervention Program for Migrants in Istanbul

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1481-1486

  Yasin, Yesim ^a   Biehl, Kristen ^b   Erol, Maral ^c  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community based healthcare; Infectious diseases; Migration; Tuberculosis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84941421335     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0115-7     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Gandy M, Zumla A. The resurgence of disease: social and historical perspectives on the ‘new’ tuberculosis. Soc Sci Med. 2002;55(3):385–96.
2. Navin T, McNabb SJ, Crawford JT. The continued threat of tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8(11):1187.
3. Lienhardt C, Glaziou P, Uplekar M, Lönnroth K, Getahun H, Raviglione M. Global tuberculosis control: lessons learnt and future prospects. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2012;10:407–16.
4. Mitnick C, Bayona J, Palacios E, Shin S, Furin J, Alcantara F, Sanchez E, Sarria M, Becerra M, Fawzi MC, Kapiga S, Neuberg D, Maguire JH, Kim JY, Farmer P. Community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. N Engl J Med. 2003;348(2):119–28.
5. World Health Organization. Community Contribution to TB Case: Practice and Policy. 2003. WHO Stop TB Department. (WHO/CDS/TB/2003.312) WHO, Geneva.
6. World Health Organization. Community involvement in tuberculosis care and prevention: towards partnerships for health. 2008. (WHO/HTM/TB/2008.397) WHO, Geneva.
7. World Health Organization. Engage-TB: Integrating community-based tuberculosis activities into the work of nongovernmental and other civil society organizations. 2012. (WHO/HTM/TB/2012/8) WHO, Geneva.
8. International Organization for Migration. International Migration Law N°25—Glossary on Migration. Geneva: IOM; 2004. http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/IML_1_EN.pdf.
9. Icduygu A, Biehl K. The changing trajectory of migration to Turkey. In: Balbo M, Icduygu A, Perez J, editors. Countries of Migrants, Cities of Migrants: Italy, Spain, Turkey. Istanbul: Isis Press; 2013. p. 91–126.
10. Icduygu A, Aksel D. Irregular migration in Turkey. Turkey: International Organization for Migration (IOM); 2012. http://www.turkey.iom.int/documents/IrregularMigration/IOM_Report_11022013.pdf.
11. Toksoz G, Seyhan E, Kaska S. Irregular labour migration in Turkey and situation of migrant workers in the labour market. International Organization for Migration (IOM): Turkey; 2012.
12. Gocmenlik ve Saglik Calistayi Raporu, Istanbul Tabip Odasi ve Gocmen Dayanisma Agi, 29 Eylul 2013 (Migrants and Health Workshop Report, Istanbul Chamber of Physicians and Migrants Solidarity Network, 29 September 2013). https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bw2YmRYA7WVHU2RkVHdnRGZsY1psdk1TX1NheFh1cU5hN0pr/edit?pli=1.
13. Kucuk C, Polat C, Gencer R, Polat D, Dincel Asoglu G, Koksalan K, Kilicaslan Z. Tuberculosis Cases Amongst Foreign Immigrants in Istanbul. Toraks Dergisi 2005; 6(1): 8th Annual Congress Abstract Book, PD 291, p 10.
14. Ozdil K. Creating new spaces, claiming rights: West African immigrants in Istanbul. In: Eckardt F, Wildner K, editors. Public Istanbul: spaces and spheres of Istanbul. Bielefeld: Verlag; 2008. p. 279–98.
15. Suter B. Perceptions, contestations and negotiations on race, ethnicity and gender: the case of sub-saharan migrants in Istanbul. SBF Dergisi. 2013;68(1):39–58.
16. Yaghmaian B. Afrika Diasporasi: Turkiye’deki Afrikali Gocmenlerin Drami (African Diaspora: the Drama of African Migrants in Turkey). Birikim Dergisi. 2003;2003(175–176):140–8.
17. Yukseker D, Brewer KT. Astray and stranded at the gates of the European Union: African transit migrants in Istanbul. New Perspect Turk. 2011;44:129–59.
18. Carballo M, Nerukar A. Migration, refugees, and health risks. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7:556–60.
19. Gushulak BD, Weekers J, MacPherson DW. Migrants and emerging public health issues in a globalized world: threats, risks and challenges, an evidence-based framework. Emerg Health Threats J. 2010;2:e10.
20. Rieder H, Zeweger J, Raviglione M, Keizer ST, Migliori GB. Tuberculosis control in Europe and international migration. Eur Respir J. 1994;7:1545–53.
21. Ospina JE, Orcau À, Millet J, Sánchez F, Casals M, Caylà JA. Community health workers improve contact tracing among immigrants with tuberculosis in Barcelona. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:158.
22. Shin S, Furina J, Bayona J, Matec K, Kim JY, Farmer P. Community-based treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: seven years of experience. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59(7):1529–39.
23. Mangura B, Napolitano E, Passannante M, Sarrel M, McRonald R, Galanowsky K, Reichman L. Directly observed therapy (DOT) is not the entire answer: an operational cohort analysis. Int J Tuberculosis Lung Disease. 2002;6(8):654–61.
24. Okie S. Immigrants and health care –at the intersection of two broken systems. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(6):525–9.