TY - JOUR
T1 - The social determinants of tuberculosis
T2 - from evidence to action.
AU - Hargreaves, James R.
AU - Boccia, Delia
AU - Evans, Carlton A.
AU - Adato, Michelle
AU - Petticrew, Mark
AU - Porter, John D.H.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2010.199505
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2010.199505
M3 - Article
C2 - 21330583
AN - SCOPUS:79955673435
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 101
SP - 654
EP - 662
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 4
ER -