Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 37, 15 September 2011
Perspectives
Chagas disease at the crossroad of international migration and public health policies: why a national screening might not be enough
C Di Girolamo (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, C Bodini<SUP>1</SUP>, B L Marta<SUP>1</SUP>, C Ciannameo<SUP>2</SUP>, F Cacciatore<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Di Girolamo C, Bodini C, Marta BL, Ciannameo C, Cacciatore F. Chagas disease at the crossroad of international migration and public health policies: why a national screening might not be enough . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(37)
ii=19965. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19965
Date of submission: 11 January 2011 <HR>Since the year 2000, Chagas disease, traditionally known as a rural Latin American affliction, has been rising in the ranking of international health priorities due to the growing migration flows from endemic areas to non-endemic ones. Using the example of Italy and reporting preliminary results of a study carried out in the district of Bologna, the paper will argue that a disease-centred public health approach might be inadequate when dealing with complex and uncertain situations, in which complete statistical data are not available or not reliable, and in which the involved actors, health professionals on the one side, migrants on the other, appear to be unaware of the issue, or might even be denying it. In such a context, an effective public health approach should be capable of crossing disciplinary boundaries and bridging the gap between health services and communities, as well as between health and social issues.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 37, 15 September 2011
Perspectives
Chagas disease at the crossroad of international migration and public health policies: why a national screening might not be enough
C Di Girolamo (
- Centre for International Health, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- The International Centre for the History of Universities and Science (CIS), Department of Philosophy, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Citation style for this article: Di Girolamo C, Bodini C, Marta BL, Ciannameo C, Cacciatore F. Chagas disease at the crossroad of international migration and public health policies: why a national screening might not be enough . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(37)
ii=19965. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19965 Date of submission: 11 January 2011 <HR>Since the year 2000, Chagas disease, traditionally known as a rural Latin American affliction, has been rising in the ranking of international health priorities due to the growing migration flows from endemic areas to non-endemic ones. Using the example of Italy and reporting preliminary results of a study carried out in the district of Bologna, the paper will argue that a disease-centred public health approach might be inadequate when dealing with complex and uncertain situations, in which complete statistical data are not available or not reliable, and in which the involved actors, health professionals on the one side, migrants on the other, appear to be unaware of the issue, or might even be denying it. In such a context, an effective public health approach should be capable of crossing disciplinary boundaries and bridging the gap between health services and communities, as well as between health and social issues.