Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context
Improving the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB) in Aboriginal communities in Canada is a matter of great urgency. Canadian-born Aboriginal people account for 21% of TB cases in the country even though they represent only 3.8% of the overall population. Moreover, age standardized rates of T...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/29018 2023-05-15T16:14:26+02:00 Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context Samji, H. Wardman, D. Orr, P. 2013-06-09 application/pdf https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018 https://doi.org/10.3138/ijih.v9i1.29018 eng eng Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018/23826 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018 doi:10.3138/ijih.v9i1.29018 Copyright (c) 2017 International Journal of Indigenous Health International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol 9 No 1 (2012): Journal of Aboriginal Health; 23-28 2291-9376 2291-9368 10.3138/ijih.v9i1 Tuberculosis First Nations outbreak policy info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftunitorontoojs https://doi.org/10.3138/ijih.v9i1.29018 https://doi.org/10.3138/ijih.v9i1 2020-12-01T10:53:32Z Improving the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB) in Aboriginal communities in Canada is a matter of great urgency. Canadian-born Aboriginal people account for 21% of TB cases in the country even though they represent only 3.8% of the overall population. Moreover, age standardized rates of TB in Aboriginal people reveal an incidence almost six fold greater than the national rate. There are unique challenges in the prevention and control of TB in First Nations populations. We sought to investigate whether the Canadian Tuberculosis Standards definition being used Canada wide to address TB is appropriate in a First Nations on-reserve context or whether alternate definitions should be considered. In this study, we spoke to health care workers, scientists, and administrators involved in TB programs and care across the country to assess the suitability of the definition used to classify an outbreak. Our data showed that the majority of study participants did not support a First Nations-specific TB outbreak definition. Participants felt that a response protocol would be useful, along with a preamble to the definition detailing unique circumstances that may pertain to an outbreak on-reserve. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services Canada |
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Improving the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB) in Aboriginal communities in Canada is a matter of great urgency. Canadian-born Aboriginal people account for 21% of TB cases in the country even though they represent only 3.8% of the overall population. Moreover, age standardized rates of TB in Aboriginal people reveal an incidence almost six fold greater than the national rate. There are unique challenges in the prevention and control of TB in First Nations populations. We sought to investigate whether the Canadian Tuberculosis Standards definition being used Canada wide to address TB is appropriate in a First Nations on-reserve context or whether alternate definitions should be considered. In this study, we spoke to health care workers, scientists, and administrators involved in TB programs and care across the country to assess the suitability of the definition used to classify an outbreak. Our data showed that the majority of study participants did not support a First Nations-specific TB outbreak definition. Participants felt that a response protocol would be useful, along with a preamble to the definition detailing unique circumstances that may pertain to an outbreak on-reserve. |
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Samji, H. Wardman, D. Orr, P. |
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Samji, H. Wardman, D. Orr, P. |
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Samji, H. |
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context |
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context |
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context |
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context |
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Outbreak Definitions for a First Nations On-Reserve Context |
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assessment of tuberculosis outbreak definitions for a first nations on-reserve context |
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Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health |
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2013 |
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https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018 https://doi.org/10.3138/ijih.v9i1.29018 |
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International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol 9 No 1 (2012): Journal of Aboriginal Health; 23-28 2291-9376 2291-9368 10.3138/ijih.v9i1 |
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https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018/23826 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29018 doi:10.3138/ijih.v9i1.29018 |
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