This contract form is for persons who refuse TB care, given they have been informed about LTBI and TB disease.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
Persons With LTBI
2011
This is a checklist agreement between clients and health care providers for their active tuberculosis (TB) treatment plan.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
2011
This fact sheet discusses TB medication information including side effects, directions for taking medication, and when to notfiy a health professional.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
Persons With LTBI
2011
A fotonovela that follows the story of Juan and his community as they cope with tuberculosis. Designed to educate Spanish-speaking foreign-born individuals about TB, the story addresses topics such as awareness, misconceptions, treatment, contact investigation.
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Hispanic or Latino persons
Migrant Workers
Persons With LTBI
2011
This material, available in English and Spanish, provides information for shelter guests about TB. The material can be used as a fact sheet or as a poster.
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Persons experiencing homelessness
Social Service Providers
Long-term Residential Care Providers
2011
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
2011
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
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General Public
2011
This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This information sheet discusses multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), a strain of TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. It describes TB disease, MDR TB, extensively drug resistant TB (XDR TB), TB transmission, how drug resistance happens, and who is at risk for getting MDR TB...
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Hispanic or Latino persons
2012
This information sheet discusses TB and the risk for international travelers. It explains TB transmission, multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of the disease, and how drug resistance occurs. The information sheet considers whether international travelers are at risk of MDR or XDR TB while traveling, the risk of acquiring TB on an airplane, how TB can be prevented, TB vaccine, and what an individual should do before traveling internationally and if an individual thinks that he/she may have been exposed to someone with TB disease...
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Hispanic or Latino persons
2012
This fact sheet provides information on tuberculin skin testing. It explains how to interpret tuberculin skin test (TST) results, including special considerations.
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2012
This fact sheet covers when you should suspect Tuberculosis (TB). The fact sheet also details how to evaluate a person suspected of having TB disease.
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2012
This fact sheet provides information about TB and HIV/AIDS and its impact in the U.S as well as worldwide, its prevention challenges, and what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are doing to combat the issue.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2012
This fact sheet discusses tests used to identify latent TB infection and disease and emphasizes the importance of taking all prescribed medicine to cure TB.
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Persons With LTBI
2012
This fact sheet provides an overview of Tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug resistant TB. The fact sheet covers definitions, how TB is spread, symptoms, risk factors, prevention and what to do before traveling internationally.
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2012
