Open AccessScreening for Tuberculosis at an Adult Education Center: Results of a Community-Based Participatory Process
Author(s) -
Mark L. Wieland,
Jennifer A. Weis,
Marilynn W. Olney,
Marty Alemán,
Susan M. Sullivan,
Kendra Millington,
Connie O'Hara,
Julie A. Nigon,
Irene G. Sia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2010.300024
Subject(s) - medicine , community based participatory research , refugee , immigration , tuberculosis , participatory action research , population , family medicine , citizen journalism , gerontology , general partnership , focus group , foreign born , environmental health , sociology , political science , pathology , anthropology , law
We used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to plan and implement free TB skin testing at an adult education center to determine the efficacy of CBPR with voluntary tuberculosis (TB) screening and the prevalence of TB infection among immigrant and refugee populations.