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  1. Article ; Online: Community-based actions in consulates: a new paradigm for opportunities for systematic integration in Chagas disease detection.

    Gómez I Prat, Jordi / Gregori, Maria Serrano / Guiu, Isabel Claveria / Choque, Estefa / Flores-Chavez, Maria Delmans / Molina, Israel / Zarzuela, Francesc / Sulleiro, Elena / Dehousse, Aurore / Albajar-Vinas, Pedro / Ouaarab, Hakima

    BMC infectious diseases

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 847

    Abstract: Research has shown that multidimensional approaches to Chagas disease (CD), integrating its biomedical and psycho-socio-cultural components, are successful in enhancing early access to diagnosis, treatment and sustainable follow-up.For the first time, a ... ...

    Abstract Research has shown that multidimensional approaches to Chagas disease (CD), integrating its biomedical and psycho-socio-cultural components, are successful in enhancing early access to diagnosis, treatment and sustainable follow-up.For the first time, a consulate was selected for a community-based CD detection campaign. Two different strategies were designed, implemented and compared between 2021 and 2022 at the Consulate General of Bolivia and a reference health facility in Barcelona open to all Bolivians in Catalonia.Strategy 1 consisted in CD awareness-raising activities before referring those interested to the reference facility for infectious disease screening. Strategy 2 offered additional in-situ serological CD screening. Most of the 307 participants were Bolivian women residents in Barcelona. In strategy 1, 73 people (35.8% of those who were offered the test) were screened and 19.2% of them were diagnosed with CD. Additionally, 53,4% completed their vaccination schedules and 28.8% were treated for other parasitic infections (strongyloidiasis, giardiasis, eosinophilia, syphilis). In strategy 2, 103 people were screened in-situ (100% of those who were offered the test) and 13.5% received a CD diagnosis. 21,4% completed their vaccination schedule at the reference health facility and 2,9% were referred for iron deficiency anemia, strongyloidiasis or chronic hepatitis C.The fact that the screening took place in an official workplace of representatives of their own country, together with the presence of community-based participants fueled trust and increased CD understanding. Each of the strategies assessed had different benefits. Opportunities for systematic integration for CD based on community action in consulates may enhance early access to diagnosis, care and disease prevention.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Strongyloidiasis ; Chagas Disease/diagnosis ; Chagas Disease/epidemiology ; Mass Screening ; Eosinophilia ; Community Participation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041550-3
    ISSN 1471-2334 ; 1471-2334
    ISSN (online) 1471-2334
    ISSN 1471-2334
    DOI 10.1186/s12879-023-08844-2
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  2. Article ; Online: Comparative evaluation of community interventions for the immigrant population of Latin American origin at risk for Chagas disease in the city of Barcelona.

    Gómez I Prat, Jordi / Peremiquel-Trillas, Paula / Claveria Guiu, Isabel / Caro Mendivelso, Johanna / Choque, Estefa / de Los Santos, Juan José / Sulleiro, Elena / Ouaarab Essadek, Hakima / Albajar Viñas, Pedro / Ascaso Terren, Carlos

    PloS one

    2020  Volume 15, Issue 7, Page(s) e0235466

    Abstract: Introduction: Chagas disease presents bio-psycho-social and cultural determinants for infected patients, their family members, close friends, and society. For this reason, diagnosis and treatment require an active approach and an integral focus, so that ...

    Abstract Introduction: Chagas disease presents bio-psycho-social and cultural determinants for infected patients, their family members, close friends, and society. For this reason, diagnosis and treatment require an active approach and an integral focus, so that we can prevent the disease from creating stigma and exclusion, as is actively promoting access to diagnosis, medical attention and social integration.
    Methodology: The study was conducted in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) from 2004 to 2017. After an increased detection rates of CHD in our region, the process of construction of community strategies started (2004-2013). Different community interventions with informational, educational, and communication components were designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated. The results of the evaluation helped to determine which intervention should be prioritized: 1) workshop; 2) community event; 3) in situ screening. Afterwards, those strategies were implemented (2014-2017).
    Results: Each of the three strategies resulted in a different level of coverage, or number of people reached. The in situ screening interventions reached the highest coverage (956 persons, 58.98%).Clear differences exist (p-value<0.001) between the three strategies regarding the percentage of screenings and diagnoses carried out. The largest number was in the in situ screening intervention, with a total of 830 persons screened despite the greatest number of diagnoses was among the workshop participants (33 persons, 20.75% of those screened). The prevalence of infection found is similar among the three strategies, ranging from 16.63% to 22.32% of the screened patients (p-value = 0.325).
    Conclusions: The results of the study show that community interventions seem to be necessary to improve access to diagnosis and treatment of CHD in the area of Barcelona. They also show which strategy is the most appropriate based on the detected needs of the community, the proposed objectives of the intervention, and the given socio-temporal context.
    MeSH term(s) Chagas Disease/epidemiology ; Chagas Disease/genetics ; Chagas Disease/pathology ; Community Medicine ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Family ; Female ; Hispanic Americans/genetics ; Humans ; Latin America/epidemiology ; Male ; Spain/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0235466
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  3. Article ; Online: COVID-19: an opportunity of systematic integration for Chagas disease. Example of a community-based approach within the Bolivian population in Barcelona.

    Gómez I Prat, Jordi / Essadek, Hakima Ouaarab / Esperalba, Juliana / Serrat, Francesc Zarzuela / Guiu, Isabel Claveria / Goterris, Lidia / Zules-Oña, Ricardo / Choque, Estefa / Pastoret, Conxita / Ponces, Natàlia Casamitjana / de Los Santos, Juan José / Pons, Jordi Serrano / Dehousse, Aurore / Albajar-Viñas, Pedro / Pumarola, Tomàs / Campins, Magda / Sulleiro, Elena

    BMC infectious diseases

    2022  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 298

    Abstract: Background: As a Neglected Tropical Disease associated with Latin America, Chagas Disease (CD) is little known in non-endemic territories of the Americas, Europe and Western Pacific, making its control challenging, with limited detection rates, ... ...

    Abstract Background: As a Neglected Tropical Disease associated with Latin America, Chagas Disease (CD) is little known in non-endemic territories of the Americas, Europe and Western Pacific, making its control challenging, with limited detection rates, healthcare access and consequent epidemiological silence. This is reinforced by its biomedical characteristics-it is usually asymptomatic-and the fact that it mostly affects people with low social and financial resources. Because CD is mainly a chronic infection, which principally causes a cardiomyopathy and can also cause a prothrombotic status, it increases the risk of contracting severe COVID-19.
    Methods: In order to get an accurate picture of CD and COVID-19 overlapping and co-infection, this operational research draws on community-based experience and participative-action-research components. It was conducted during the Bolivian elections in Barcelona on a representative sample of that community.
    Results: The results show that 55% of the people interviewed had already undergone a previous T. cruzi infection screening-among which 81% were diagnosed in Catalonia and 19% in Bolivia. The prevalence of T. cruzi infection was 18.3% (with 3.3% of discordant results), the SARS-CoV-2 22.3% and the coinfection rate, 6%. The benefits of an integrated approach for COVID-19 and CD were shown, since it only took an average of 25% of additional time per patient and undoubtedly empowered the patients about the co-infection, its detection and care. Finally, the rapid diagnostic test used for COVID-19 showed a sensitivity of 89.5%.
    Conclusions: This research addresses CD and its co-infection, through an innovative way, an opportunity of systematic integration, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    MeSH term(s) Bolivia/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Chagas Disease/diagnosis ; Chagas Disease/epidemiology ; Humans ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041550-3
    ISSN 1471-2334 ; 1471-2334
    ISSN (online) 1471-2334
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    DOI 10.1186/s12879-022-07305-6
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  4. Article ; Online: A Community-Based Intervention for the Detection of Chagas Disease in Barcelona, Spain.

    Gómez I Prat, Jordi / Peremiquel-Trillas, Paula / Claveria Guiu, Isabel / Choque, Estefa / Oliveira Souto, Inés / Serre Delcor, Núria / Sulleiro, Elena / Espasa, Mateu / Pastoret, Conxita / de Los Santos, Juan José / Ouaarab, Hakima / Albajar Viñas, Pedro / Ascaso Terren, Carlos

    Journal of community health

    2019  Volume 44, Issue 4, Page(s) 704–711

    Abstract: Chagas disease (CHD) has become a challenge in Spain due to the high prevalence of immigrants coming from endemic areas. One of the main difficulties for its control and elimination is its underdiagnosis. The identification and integral treatment of CHD ... ...

    Abstract Chagas disease (CHD) has become a challenge in Spain due to the high prevalence of immigrants coming from endemic areas. One of the main difficulties for its control and elimination is its underdiagnosis. The identification and integral treatment of CHD are key to increasing rates of diagnosis, overcoming psycho-social barriers and avoiding CHD progression. Community interventions with in situ screening have proven to be a useful tool in detecting CHD among those with difficulties accessing health services. To determine the underdiagnosis rate of the population most susceptible to CHD among those attending two different Bolivian cultural events celebrated in Barcelona; to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the people screened; and to analyse the results of the screening. The community interventions were carried out at two Bolivian cultural events held in Barcelona in 2017. Participants were recruited through community health agents. A questionnaire was given to determine the participants' prior knowledge of CHD. In situ screening was offered to those who had not previously been screened. Those who did not wish to be screened were asked for the reason behind their decision. Results were gathered in a database and statistical analyses were performed using STATA v14. 635 interviews were carried out. 95% of the subjects reported prior knowledge of CHD. 271 subjects were screened: 71.2% women and 28.8% men, of whom 87.8% were of Bolivian origin. The prevalence of CHD was 8.9%. Community health interventions with in situ screening are essential to facilitating access to diagnosis.
    MeSH term(s) Bolivia/ethnology ; Chagas Disease/diagnosis ; Chagas Disease/epidemiology ; Chagas Disease/ethnology ; Community Health Services ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Prevalence ; Spain
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 426631-6
    ISSN 1573-3610 ; 0094-5145
    ISSN (online) 1573-3610
    ISSN 0094-5145
    DOI 10.1007/s10900-019-00684-z
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