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Tuberculosis and gender studies
Third-party funded project |
Project title |
Tuberculosis and gender studies |
Principal Investigator(s) |
Weiss, Mitchell G. Obrist van Eeuwijk, Brigit
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Organisation / Research unit |
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Medizinethnologie (Obrist), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) / Cultural Epidemiology (Weiss), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) / Medical Anthropology (Obrist) |
Project start |
01.07.2001 |
Probable end |
31.03.2008 |
Status |
Completed |
Abstract |
Questions about lower rates of TB for women and implications for TB control motivated a multicountry study at four sites. Qualitative and basic epidemiological methods were complemented by cultural epidemiology, examining illness-related experience, meaning, and behaviour of patients in the TB clinics. Complementing descriptive and comparative findings, determinants of significant delays in help seeking diagnosis, and treatment are also being studied with multivariate statistical methods and analysis of narratives. |
Keywords |
Tuberculosis, gender, cultural epidemiology, medical anthropology, women's health, TB control, stigma |
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Other sources
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