Therapy Management among Asylum Seekers and Migrants with Lung Tuberculosis in the Netherlands

A longitudinal study of more than one hundred, newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients (distributed almost equally among three groups of asylum-seekers, migrants and nationals) -and their therapy managment group- during their TB treatment. Through participant observations in relevant settings and in depth interviews with (medical and social) service providers and patients, the research aims to identify perspectives and therapy choices of participants, and place those in the context of family, refugee centre, workplace, medical system and society at large. It ultimately aims at the improvement of services for TB patients in the Netherlands.

Articles and contribution to the book: 'New Migration in Europe: Social construction and Social Realities' with the chapter: 'Controling and Disciplining the foreign body: A Case Study of TB Treatment among Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands.’ Editors: K.Koser@ H. Lutz London: Macmillan Publishers 1998

Research report: ‘Ziekteopvattingen en -ervaringen onder longtuberculosepatienten uit de asielzoekers- en vluchtelingenpopulatie in Nederland in interactie met de aangeboden zorg’: ERCOMER 1999

Coordinator: Dr. Maykel Verkuyten, Associate Professor

Members: Paul Grifhorst, Research Associate

Mirjam van Ewijk, Research Associate

Prof. dr. C. Varkevisser, University of Amsterdam / Medical Anthropology Unit

Dr. C. Lambregts-VanWezenbeek, Royal NetherlandsTuberculosis Association, Den Haag

Dr. Paul E. Farmer, Harvard Medical School / Department of Social Medicine, Cambridge MA.

Netherlands Preventie Fonds ( National Fountation for the Prevention of  Diseases )