Atencion Primaria
2019

Recommendations for the screening for infectious diseases, mental health, and female genital mutilation in immigrant patients seen in Primary Care [Recomendaciones para el cribado de enfermedad infecciosa, salud mental y mutilación genital femenina en pacientes inmigrantes atendidos en Atención Primaria] (Article) (Open Access)

Sequeira-Aymar E.* , diLollo X. , Osorio-Lopez Y. , Gonçalves A.Q. , Subirà C. , Requena-Méndez A.
  • a CAPSBE Casanova, Grupo transversal de investigación en AP IDIBAPS, grupo COCOOPSI CAMFIC, Barcelona, Spain
  • b Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomédica, Barcelona, Spain, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • c ESMES (equipo Salut Mental Sense Sostre) y programa SATMI (Programa d'atenció en Salut Mental per població immigrada), Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
  • d Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Terres de l'Ebre, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain, Unitat Docent de Medicina de Família i Comunitària Tortosa-Terres de L‘Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain
  • e Servicio de Medicina Tropical, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • f Servicio de Medicina Tropical, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Immigrant health status may be improved if certain health conditions are identified early through the implementation of a screening program. This document presents the recommendations resulting from the Screening in immigrant population project (CRIBMI) aimed at implementing a screening program for infectious diseases (HIV, HBV, HCV, tuberculosis, strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis and Chagas disease), as well as female genital mutilation and mental health (MH) in migrant population at Primary Care level. Screening recommendations were based on: coming from an endemic country for strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, and Chagas diseases; on a threshold level of prevalence for HIV (> 1%), HBV (> 2%), and HCV (> 2%), and on incidence (> 50 cases/100,000-inhabitants) for active tuberculosis in immigrants with < 5 years in Europe. Exploring the risk of FGM is recommended in women from countries where this practice is prevalent. Evaluation of MH status is recommended for people from areas of conflict and violence. © 2019

Author Keywords

Primary care infections Screening Female genital mutilation Mental health Migrations

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064618080&doi=10.1016%2fj.aprim.2019.02.005&partnerID=40&md5=28060b4ace8f5254e692e5b328a56c22
DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2019.02.005
ISSN: 02126567
Original Language: English; Spanish