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Sociocultural aspects of tuberculosis: a literature review and a case study of immigrant tuberculosis

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  • Ho, M.-J.Ming-Jung

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The resurgence of tuberculosis in recent years has obliged us to reconsider the existing explanations of the disease. Whereas biomedical literature tends to explain tuberculosis in terms of biological factors (e.g., bacterial infection), social scientists have examined various cultural, environmental, and politico-economic factors. In this paper, sociocultural approaches to tuberculosis are reviewed according to their emphasis on cultural, environmental, and politico-economic factors. Then how the public health establishment considers biological, cultural, environmental and politico-economic factors will be examined through a case study of immigrant tuberculosis. While public health facilities emphasize biological factors in the control of immigrant tuberculosis, an ethnographic study of tuberculosis among Chinese immigrants in New York City provides detailed contexts that illustrate the cultural, environmental, and politico-economic forces shaping tuberculosis and supports an emerging theorization of tuberculosis that encompasses a heterogeneous collection of factors. Finally, a number of implications for public health interventions will be discussed.

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  • Ho, M.-J.Ming-Jung, 2004. "Sociocultural aspects of tuberculosis: a literature review and a case study of immigrant tuberculosis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 59(4), pages 753-762, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:59:y:2004:i:4:p:753-762
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    1. Scott, Penelope & Odukoya, Dennis & von Unger, Hella, 2014. "The classification of "migrants" as a discursive practice in public health: A sociology of knowledge approach," Discussion Papers, Research Group Science Policy Studies SP III 2014-601, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    2. Bruno Abarca Tomás & Christopher Pell & Aurora Bueno Cavanillas & José Guillén Solvas & Robert Pool & María Roura, 2013. "Tuberculosis in Migrant Populations. A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(12), pages 1-1, December.
    3. Viladrich, Anahí, 2012. "Beyond welfare reform: Reframing undocumented immigrants’ entitlement to health care in the United States, a critical review," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(6), pages 822-829.
    4. Bonnie N Young & Adrian Rendón & Adrian Rosas-Taraco & Jack Baker & Meghan Healy & Jessica M Gross & Jeffrey Long & Marcos Burgos & Keith L Hunley, 2014. "The Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Clinical Factors, and Genetic Ancestry on Pulmonary Tuberculosis Disease in Northeastern Mexico," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(4), pages 1-8, April.
    5. Kulane, Asli & Ahlberg, Beth M. & Berggren, Ingela, 2010. ""It is more than the issue of taking tablets": The interplay between migration policies and TB control in Sweden," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(1), pages 26-31, September.

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