Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of tuberculosis diagnostic and treatment services by hard-to-reach populations in countries of low and medium tuberculosis incidence: a systematic review of qualitative literature

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages e128-e143

  de Vries, Sophia G ^a   Cremers, Anne L ^a   Heuvelings, Charlotte C ^a   Greve, Patrick F ^a   Visser, Benjamin J ^a   Bélard, Sabine ^a   Janssen, Saskia ^a   Spijker, René ^a,b   Shaw, Beth ^c   Hill, Ruaraidh A ^c,d   Zumla, Alimuddin ^e,f   van der Werf, Marieke J ^g   Sandgren, Andreas ^g   Grobusch, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; MIGRANT; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85014529143     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30531-X     Document Type: Review

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