Abstract
When unaccompanied minors (UMA) are taken into provisional care by the youth welfare offices, it is legally obligatory to carry out an initial medical examination and obtain a statement as to whether the state of health of minors excludes the implementation of the distribution procedure according to the Königsberg Key and, in the case of 15-year-olds and non-pregnant persons, an X-ray thorax scan to exclude infectious tuberculosis of the lungs. The supreme state health authorities of the German federal states determine the further scope of the investigations. The aim of this nationwide survey is a comparison of the different concepts of the individual states with regard to the scope of the initial UMA investigations. Between September 2016 and May 2018, a survey on the scope of the UMA initial investigations was conducted by e-mail with official contact persons. At the same time, a web-based search of the websites of the supreme health authorities of the federal states for official statements was carried out. In the areas of TB screening of under 15-year-olds and pregnant women as well as screenings for other diseases, the picture across Germany was sometimes very mixed. There was agreement above all in the recommendations for vaccination. Efforts to harmonise the scope of the investigation at the federal level should be pursued further.
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