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Cultural Aspects of Tuberculosis in Refugees and Immigrants

Selected and compiled by Jacquelyn Coughlan, M.S.,M.L.S.

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Brewin, P., Jones, A., Kelly, M., McDonald, M., et al. (2006). Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study. Journal of Public Health, 28(3), 253-260.

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Healy, E.A. (1997). Health locus-of-control beliefs in Vietnamese clients with latent tuberculosis. Nursing Connections, 10(2), 39-46.

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Ho, M. J. (2004). Sociocultural aspects of tuberculosis: A literature review and a case study of immigrant tuberculosis. Social Science & Medicine, 59, 753-762.

Houston, H. R., Harada, N., & Makinodan, T. (2002). Development of a culturally sensitive educational intervention program to reduce the high incidence of Tuberculosis among foreign-born Vietnamese. Ethnicity and Health, 7(4), 255-265.

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Jackson, J. C., & Kwan-Gett, T. (2006). Cambodian Tuberculosis Cultural Profile. Retrieved November 29, 2007, from http://ethnomed.org/clin_topics/tb/camb_tb.html

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