Association of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures with Tuberculosis Incidence in California

Bakhsh, Yasser; Readhead, Adam; Flood, Jennifer; Barry, Pennan M.

doi:10.1007/s10903-022-01424-7

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“…Language used at medical visit and at home were roughly concordant which provides an opportunity to use language at home when language at medical visit is not available. Non-English speaking persons could be at increased risk for TB compared with other persons from the same country because previous studies have shown non-U.S.-born persons with low educational attainment are at increased risk of TB and, from our analysis, we see non-U.S.-born persons with low educational attainment are more likely not to speak English [35,36].…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Among U.S.-born, 54% (CI: 52-55) reported very good or excellent health. Lower proportions of good or excellent health were reported by persons born in Mexico or in Vietnam: 26% (CI: 24-28) and 29% (CI: [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]). The highest proportion with very good or excellent health was among persons born in India at 62% (CI: 52-71).…”

Section: Overall Health and Risk Factors For Tb Reactivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health insurance, healthcare utilization and language use among populations who experience risk for tuberculosis, California 2014–2017

2022

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Background California tuberculosis (TB) prevention goals include testing more than ten million at-risk Californians and treating two million infected with tuberculosis. Adequate health insurance and robust healthcare utilization are crucial to meeting these goals, but information on these factors for populations that experience risk for TB is limited. Methods We used data from the 2014–2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 82,758), a population-based dual-frame telephone survey to calculate survey proportions and 95% confidence intervals (CI) stratified by country of birth, focusing on persons from countries of birth with the highest number of TB cases in California. Survey proportions for recent doctor’s visit, overall health, smoking, and diabetes were age-adjusted. Results Among 18–64 year-olds, 27% (CI: 25–30) of persons born in Mexico reported being uninsured in contrast with 3% (CI: 1–5) of persons born in India. Report of recent doctor’s visit was highest among persons born in the Philippines, 84% (CI: 80–89) and lowest among Chinese-born persons, 70% (CI: 63–76). Persons born in Mexico were more likely to report community clinics as their usual source of care than persons born in China, Vietnam, or the Philippines. Poverty was highest among Mexican-born persons, 56% (CI: 54–58) and lowest among Indian-born persons, 9% (CI: 5–13). Of adults with a medical visit in a non-English language, 96% (CI: 96–97) were non-U.S.-born, but only 42% (CI: 40–44) of non-U.S.-born persons had a visit in a non-English language. Discussion Many, though not all, of the populations that experience risk for TB had health insurance and used healthcare. We found key differences in usual source of care and language use by country of birth which should be considered when planning outreach to specific providers, clinic systems, insurers and communities for TB prevention and case-finding.

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Section: Overall Health and Risk Factors For Tb Reactivationmentioning

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Health insurance, healthcare utilization and language use among populations who experience risk for tuberculosis, California 2014–2017

2022

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“…In addition, these two entities might share common causes that could lead to their occurrence. One significant example is the socioeconomic disadvantages some subjects may sustain that could fuel both the clinical condition of sarcopenia and a greater risk of infections such as TB, due to poor hygiene [36,37]. At the same time, the lack of a proper health education strategy could hinder our progress in both sarcopenia and TB's evolution and prognosis [38,39].…”

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Sarcopenia and Tuberculosis: Is There Any Connection?

Karakousis

Gourgoulianis

Kotsiou

2023

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) infection is a life-threatening infection caused by certain bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. More than 10 million subjects are newly sick from this infection every year globally. At the same time, TB is quite prevalent among subjects who come from lower socioeconomic layers of general population, and marginalized sections and areas. Sarcopenia is a muscle disease that derives from adverse muscle alterations and is related to the loss of muscle strength and mass. It is a major medical issue due to its increased adverse outcomes including falls, functional decline, frailty, hospitalizations, increased mortality, and healthcare costs. Methods: This study examined the potential interplay between the TB infection and sarcopenia through conducting a non-systematic review of the current literature. Results: It has been recorded that the prevalence of sarcopenia among TB survivors is high, whilst the danger of TB among the elderly increases with sarcopenia and physical inactivity. Nevertheless, sufficient protein and total energy intake are associated with a low risk of sarcopenia in TB survivors. Conclusions: Further studies are needed to validate these findings and shed more light on the upcoming different aspects of this intriguing association.

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Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in Alameda County: Ten-year incidence and risk factors

Marusinec,

Clifton,

Chitnis

et al. 2024

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseas

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Association of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures with Tuberculosis Incidence in California

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

Health insurance, healthcare utilization and language use among populations who experience risk for tuberculosis, California 2014–2017

Health insurance, healthcare utilization and language use among populations who experience risk for tuberculosis, California 2014–2017

Sarcopenia and Tuberculosis: Is There Any Connection?

Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in Alameda County: Ten-year incidence and risk factors

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