Implementation of latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment among newly arriving immigrants in the Netherlands: A mixed methods pilot evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To reach pre-elimination levels of tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the Netherlands, prevention of TB among immigrants through diagnosis and treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) is needed. We studied the feasibility of a LTBI screening and treatment program among newly arriving immigrants for national implementation.

Methods

We used mixed methods to evaluate the implementation of LTBI screening and treatment in five Public Health Services (PHS) among immigrants from countries with a TB incidence >50/100,000 population. We used Poisson regression models with robust variance estimators to assess factors associated with LTBI diagnosis and LTBI treatment initiation and reported reasons for not initiating or completing LTBI treatment. We interviewed five PHS teams u

SUBMITTER: Spruijt I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6602457 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature