Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants"
Schwalb, A (2023). Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants". [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.00003534.
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Tuberculosis (TB) rates among migrants are higher than local rates in low-incidence countries. This study evaluated smear-positive, pulmonary TB notifications of foreign-born individuals, comparing time since arrival and time since last return travel to the country of origin. The dataset contains notification data that was routinely collected within the TB service at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust between 1996 and 2018 and audited to improve early diagnosis and access to health care.

Additional Information

The study was performed as an audit of the National Institute for Health and Care Research and by the Research and Innovation Office at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Ethical approval was obtained from the LSHTM Ethics Committee (ID:25968) to analyse the anonymised data. Permission to share the anonymised data has been provided.

Keywords

Tuberculosis; Migrant health

Item Type Dataset
Resource Type
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Resource Description
Dataset
Quantitative
Description of data capture Notification data were routinely collected within the TB service at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust between 1996 and 2018 and audited to improve early diagnosis and access to health care.
Capture method Interview: Face-to-face
Collection Period
From
To
1996
2018
Date 16 June 2023
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)
North
East
South
West
51.5608
-0.00333122
51.5292
-0.0905352
Language(s) of written materials English
Creator(s) Schwalb, A
Associated roles Bothamley, G (Principal Investigator); Houben, Rein M. G. J. (Co-Investigator) and Schwalb, A (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023)
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Department of Infection Biology
Research Centre TB Centre
Participating Institutions London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Date Deposited 22 Jun 2023 10:34
Last Modified 04 Sep 2025 14:03
Publisher London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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