Title
The social determinants of tuberculosis: from evidence to action.
Date Issued
01 April 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hargreaves J.
Boccia D.
Adato M.
Petticrew M.
Porter J.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Publisher(s)
American Public Health Association Inc.
Abstract
Growing consensus indicates that progress in tuberculosis control in the low- and middle-income world will require not only investment in strengthening tuberculosis control programs, diagnostics, and treatment but also action on the social determinants of tuberculosis. However, practical ideas for action are scarcer than is notional support for this idea. We developed a framework based on the recent World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health and on current understanding of the social determinants of tuberculosis. Interventions from outside the health sector-specifically, in social protection and urban planning-have the potential to strengthen tuberculosis control.
Start page
654
End page
662
Volume
101
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79955673435
PubMed ID
Source
American journal of public health
ISSN of the container
15410048
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