Description

This dissertation uses mathematical modelling techniques to assess the effectiveness of TB strategies that target social determinants of health in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It does this by describing TB transmission across the Prairie Provinces, determining a baseline estimate for time to treatment and identifying associated risk factors, constructing a TB transmission agent-based model that integrates the relationships between the time to treatment and risk factors, then simulating the three TB control strategies to assess their impact on latent and active TB cases and transmission.

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The effectiveness of tuberculosis control strategies that target social determinants of health in three First Nations and Métis communities: A mathematical modeling approach.