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Civil Surgeon Tuberculosis Evaluations for Foreign-Born Persons Seeking Permanent U.S. Residence
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 18:301-307
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
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Abstract
- Foreign-born persons in the United States seeking to adjust their status to permanent resident must undergo screening for tuberculosis (TB) disease. Screening is performed by civil surgeons (CS) following technical instructions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2011 to 2012, 1,369 practicing CS in California, Texas, and New England were surveyed to investigate adherence to the instructions. A descriptive analysis was conducted on 907 (66 %) respondents. Of 907 respondents, 739 (83 %) had read the instructions and 565 (63 %) understood that a chest radiograph is required for status adjustors with TB symptoms; however, only 326 (36 %) knew that a chest radiograph is required for immunosuppressed status adjustors. When suspecting TB disease, 105 (12 %) would neither report nor refer status adjustors to the health department; 91 (10 %) would neither start treatment nor refer for TB infection. Most CS followed aspects of the technical instructions; however, educational opportunities are warranted to ensure positive patient outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Internationality
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
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Immigration
Emigrants and Immigrants
Disease
California
Article
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0302 clinical medicine
Foreign born
New England
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
030212 general & internal medicine
Mass screening
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Surgeons
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business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emigration and Immigration
medicine.disease
Texas
United States
030228 respiratory system
Family medicine
Physical therapy
Female
Residence
Guideline Adherence
Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
Chest radiograph
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15571920 and 15571912
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....42dd53a3e3667caba1bc05c0162ab319