Mexican immigrants' explanatory model of latent tuberculosis infection.
Mexican immigrants' explanatory model of latent tuberculosis infection.
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10.1177/1043659605278943
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2005-10-01
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McEwen, Marylyn M
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McEwen, Marylyn M
本文揭示了如何利用美国和墨西哥专业卫生部门和大众部门对潜伏性肺结核感染（LTBI）的多种不同解释来为居住在美墨边境地区的墨西哥移民的LTBI解释模型（EM）提供信息。14名移民，其中9名被诊断为LTBI （n = 9）和他们的配偶（n = 5）参加了这项重要的民族志研究。由于寻求护理和治疗决策受到新兴市场因素的影响，因此研究结果表明，对患有LTBI的墨西哥移民的干预措施必须建立在对其疾病经历的理解之上，并且具有上下文意义。
This article reveals how the multiple and disparate explanations of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) from the U.S. and Mexico professional health sectors and the popular sector are used to inform the explanatory model (EM) of LTBI for Mexican immigrants residing in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Fourteen immigrants, nine diagnosed with LTBI (n = 9) and their spouses (n = 5) participated in this critical ethnographic study. Because care seeking and treatment decisions are influenced by EMs, the results indicate that it is imperative that interventions for Mexican immigrants with LTBI are built on an understanding of their illness experience and are contextually meaningful.