Abstract Although a link between housing and tuberculosis (TB) is discussed in the medical literature, it is rarely considered from a community perspective. This paper looks at the link between social environment, housing, and TB transmission from the perspective of a First Nations reserve community...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1070.3770 2023-05-15T16:15:39+02:00 PhD Jessica Moffatt MD Richard Long PhD Maria Mayan The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1070.3770 http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17Moffatt.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1070.3770 http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17Moffatt.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17Moffatt.pdf text ftciteseerx 2020-04-26T00:20:23Z Abstract Although a link between housing and tuberculosis (TB) is discussed in the medical literature, it is rarely considered from a community perspective. This paper looks at the link between social environment, housing, and TB transmission from the perspective of a First Nations reserve community. Using a community-based participatory research framework we conducted semi-structured interviews (n=15) in a First Nations reserve community with persistent TB. Data collection and analysis were iterative, using qualitative content analysis. A community advisory board, comprising Elders, community members, and two community co-investigators, was instrumental to ensuring cultural sensitivity. Participants discussed their experiences with a lack of control, and described the effect of inadequate housing and overcrowding on TB transmission. Participants linked overcrowding and addictions to high TB incidence rates, and also discussed the effects moving to the city had on culture and wellbeing. The findings of this study demonstrate that onreserve housing cannot be considered as simply four walls and a roof; rather the underlying conditions, such as inadequate housing, overcrowding, addictions, and policies such as the Indian Act, create an environment which contains many pathways to the promotion of infectious disease. Text First Nations Unknown Indian |
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Abstract Although a link between housing and tuberculosis (TB) is discussed in the medical literature, it is rarely considered from a community perspective. This paper looks at the link between social environment, housing, and TB transmission from the perspective of a First Nations reserve community. Using a community-based participatory research framework we conducted semi-structured interviews (n=15) in a First Nations reserve community with persistent TB. Data collection and analysis were iterative, using qualitative content analysis. A community advisory board, comprising Elders, community members, and two community co-investigators, was instrumental to ensuring cultural sensitivity. Participants discussed their experiences with a lack of control, and described the effect of inadequate housing and overcrowding on TB transmission. Participants linked overcrowding and addictions to high TB incidence rates, and also discussed the effects moving to the city had on culture and wellbeing. The findings of this study demonstrate that onreserve housing cannot be considered as simply four walls and a roof; rather the underlying conditions, such as inadequate housing, overcrowding, addictions, and policies such as the Indian Act, create an environment which contains many pathways to the promotion of infectious disease. |
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