Tuberculosis stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 90-100

  Craig, G M ^a   Daftary, A ^b   Engel, N ^c   O'Driscoll, S ^a   Ioannaki, A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Health care; Low incidence; Marginalization; Migrants; Social determinantsof health; Stigma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; MIGRANT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STIGMA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85014422783     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.10.011     Document Type: Review

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