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PROFESSOR AJIT LALVANI

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Chair in Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 0883a.lalvani

 
 
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Assistant

 

Dr Luis Berrocal Almanza +44 (0)20 7594 3721

 
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Location

 

Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Lalvani:2019:10.5588/ijtld.18.0230,
author = {Lalvani, A and Berrocal, Almanza L},
doi = {10.5588/ijtld.18.0230},
journal = {The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease},
pages = {563--570},
title = {Engaging with civil society to improve access to LTBI screening for new-entrant migrants in England: a qualitative study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0230},
volume = {23},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Setting The LTBI programme offers testing and treatment to new entrant migrants from high incidence countries in England. However, the rates of LTBI testing, treatment acceptance and completion are suboptimal and appropriate access must be improved. Objective: To gain insights from the community, community-based organisations (CBOs), and public sector stakeholders on interventions that facilitate collaboration to improve health care outreach and delivery. Design Three  stakeholder  meetings  and  five  focus  group  discussions  were  held  using thematic analysis to identify themes arising from the participants’ perspectives. Results Four  overarching  themes  emerged  from  the  discussions.  These  were  capacity, collaboration, culture and trust. These highlighted the complementary skills sets different sectors bring to collaboration, as well as the barriers that need surmounting.Stigma could be reduced by making LTBI testing routine, and community members could act as champions  for health promotion raising awareness on LTBI testing, and providing a bridge between  communities and primary care services.  Conclusion Public service providers, community members and CBOs have a willingness to  collaborate to support primary care delivery of testing for LTBI and other communicable and non-communicable diseases. Policy and commissioning support are needed to facilitate such  workings.
AU  - Lalvani,A
AU  - Berrocal,Almanza L
DO  - 10.5588/ijtld.18.0230
EP  - 570
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1027-3719
SP  - 563
TI  - Engaging with civil society to improve access to LTBI screening for new-entrant migrants in England: a qualitative study
T2  - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0230
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/66276
VL  - 23
ER  -
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