title: Individual and social vulnerabilities upon acquiring tuberculosis: a literature systematic review.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a contagious infectious disease mainly caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that still meets the priority criteria - high magnitude, transcendence and vulnerability - due to the threat it poses to public health. When taking into consideration the vulnerability conditions that favor the onset of the disease, this article aimed to investigate the implications originated from individual and social vulnerability conditions in which tuberculosis patients are inserted. Databases like MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO were searched in Portuguese, Spanish and English using the descriptors tuberculosis and vulnerability, and 183 articles were found. After the selection criterion was applied, there were 22 publications left to be discussed. Some of the aspects that characterize the vulnerability to tuberculosis are: low-income and low-education families, age, poor living conditions, chemical dependency, pre-existing conditions/aggravations like diabetes mellitus and malnutrition, indigenous communities, variables related to health professionals, intense border crossings and migration, difficulty in accessing information and health services and lack of knowledge on tuberculosis. Much as such aspects are present and favor the onset of the disease, several reports show high incidence rates of tuberculosis in low vulnerability places, suggesting that some factors related to the disease are still unclear. In conclusion, health promotion is important in order to disfavor such conditions or factors of vulnerability to tuberculosis, making them a primary target in the public health planning process and disease control.
authors: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors: Sheylla
authors: S
authors: Nadjane Batista Lacerda
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Paraíba, PB, Brazil.
authors: Rayrla
authors: R
authors: Cristina de Abreu Temoteo
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Paraíba, PB, Brazil ; Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Tânia
authors: T
authors: Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de Figueiredo
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Paraíba, PB, Brazil.
authors: Fernanda
authors: F
authors: Darliane Tavares de Luna
authors: Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil.
authors: Milena
authors: M
authors: Alves Nunes de Sousa
authors: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors: Luiz
authors: L
authors: Carlos de Abreu
authors: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Luiz Affonso Fonseca
keywords: Health vulnerability; Social vulnerability; Transmissible diseases prevention; Tuberculosis; Vulnerability; Vulnerability analysis; Vulnerability study