Vol. 20 No. 38 (2022)
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2022-09-13
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Social determinants of non adherence to tuberculosis treatment in venezuelan migrant population in Colombia, 2018-2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/24629448.6185
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Paola Andrea Ceballos Betancur
Jaqueline Acero Medina
Alejandra Ramirez Martínez
Fabio Alberto Escobar Díaz

The lack of adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment by the Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia has become a public health problem. This is explained by a set of barriers that prevent the successful adherence of these patients, which are important to recognize. Objective. To identify the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) that prevented adherence to TB treatment in the Venezuelan migrant population attended during the period 2018-2019 in the Subred Centro Oriente of the city of Bogotá D.C. Methodology. Descriptive quantitative study in the city of Bogotá D.C., non-probabilistic sample, composed of 19 Venezuelan migrants, 12 men and 7 women, who were diagnosed and notified with pulmonary TB. Results. Accompaniment and family support have an impact on a greater probability of adherence to treatment; likewise, the variables of occupation, work involvement, and extra expenses, surprisingly, as well as unemployment, improve adherence to treatment. It is inferred that the absence of employment increases the availability of time to go to the institutions and receive effective treatment.

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