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Bases Epidemiologicas del Control de la Tuberculosis[Epidemiologic Basis of Tuberculosis Control]

This book describes exposure, infection, disease, and death from TB using epidemiological data. It reviews statistics, including the number of TB cases, the duration of infection in these cases, and the number of case contact interactions per unit of time.

Hispanic or Latino persons International Agencies
1999
El Control de la Tuberculosis en Prisiones: Manual Para Directores de Prograamas[Tuberculosis Control in Prisons: A Manual for Programme Managers]

This book is for health care workers considering embarking on TB control in prisons and covers structural, administrative, and medical issues. It is designed primarily for use in settings where there is a high incidence of TB and limited resources.

Hispanic or Latino persons Correctional Facility Staff
2000
Tuberculosis (TB): La Prueba Tuberculina: Indica: Quien Tiene la Infeccion?: Que Sifnifica Esto?[Tuberculosis (TB): The Tuberculin Skin Test Tells Who Is Infected--What Does It Mean?]

This pamphlet explains TB and TB skin testing.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2000
INH: Un Muro Entre Usted y la Tuberculosis[INH: Standing Between You and Tuberculosis ]

This pamphlet discusses the use of the drug isoniazid (INH) to treat latent TB infection. It provides information on the length of treatment and side effects.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2001
Conozco a Alguien Que Tiene TB...¿Y Ahora Qué[Someone I Know Has TB: What Do I Do Now?]

This pamphlet is for friends and family members of individuals with TB. It discusses transmission, symptoms of active TB, TB testing, and what individuals should do if they test positive.

2001
Contribución de la Comunidad a la Atención de la Tuberculosis: Una Perspecitva Latino Americana [Community Contribution to TB Care: A Latin American Perspective]

This report describes community-based tuberculosis care in Latin America, and field visits to selected community-based TB care projects to understand the origin, performance, acceptability, effectiveness, and sustainability of some existing DOTS projects. Three sites in Colombia and two in Bolivia, where the DOTS strategy is already implemented, were visited...

Community Leaders Hispanic or Latino persons Managers and Supervisors
2002
El Programma de Terapia Observada Directamente (TOD)

This fact sheet explains the facts about DOT.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2002
Que Quiere Decir un Resultado Negativo a la Prueba de Tuberculina en la Piel?

This fact sheet discusses the meaning of a negative TB skin test and states that persons with HIV/AIDS may be at risk for false negative results.

Hispanic or Latino persons Non-U.S.-born persons
2002
Cure-TB: Programa Binacional de Referencias de Tuberculosis[Cure-TB: Binational Tuberculosis Referral Program]

Explains Cure-TB, a referral program for people with TB moving between the United States and Mexico.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons Social Service Providers
2002
TB: Tuberculosis

This bilingual publication puts a human face on the TB epidemic and depicts the suffering of people affected by this disease through images and interviews. The publication also describes the efficacy of the DOTS program in fighting TB.

International Agencies
2003
La Importante Realidad Acerca de la TB[Basic TB Facts]

This fact sheet provides basic information about TB and describes how TB is transmitted.

Hispanic or Latino persons
2003
Lo Que Usted Necesita Saber Acerca de la Prueba de Tuberculina en la Piel[What You Need to Know about the Tuberculin Skin Test]

This fact sheet explains how the tuberculin skin test is administered, how it works, and what it shows.

Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons
2003
Plan Mundial Para Detener la Tuberculosis[The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis]

This booklet explains the action and resources needed over the next five years for six working groups to expand, adapt, and improve DOTS, enabling the working groups to meet the 2005 global targets of setting the world on the road to the elimination of TB.

Hispanic or Latino persons International Agencies Policy Makers
2003
Adherencia a los Tratamientos a Largo Plazo: Pruebas para la Accion[Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action]

This report provides a critical review of what is known about adherence to long-term therapies.This is achieved by looking beyond individual diseases. A broad range of policy options emerges by including communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mental and neurological conditions such as depression and epilepsy, substance dependence (exemplified by smoking cessation), hypertension, asthma and palliative care for cancer.

Hispanic or Latino persons Managers and Supervisors Policy Makers
2003
Tuberculosis: Enterese[Tuberculosis: Get the Facts]

This brochure discusses the basic facts about tuberculosis including TB transmission, symptoms, and testing; and explains the difference between latent TB infection and active TB disease.

Hispanic or Latino persons Persons With LTBI
2003