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When TB is the Least of Their Worries: Refugees webinar

The webinar presents information about the risk of TB among refugees from TB endemic countries and the challenges that influence their ability and willingness to see a health care provider after arriving to the US. The webinar also discusses factors that may affect U.S. health care providers’ ability to effectively evaluate and treat refugees for TB and LTBI.

2019
NTNC Nurses Webinar: Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs with LTBI

This webinar provides information on the identification of patients at high risk for progression to active disease. The presenters also discuss challenges for treatment completion, such as co-morbidities, risky behaviors, and other medications that may interfere with treatment.

2019
Key Populations Brief: Indigenous Peoples

This documents provides an epidemiological profile of TB among Indigenous Peoples. Additionally, it highlights the structural and sociocultural barriers to diagnosis and treatment, outlines data gaps, and provides a general overview of indigenous perceptions of health.

Policy Makers
2017
Tuberculosis in Hispanics/Latinos

This fact sheet presents TB morbidity rates for Hispanic/Latino persons in the United States. These statistics emphasize the need to eliminate TB and to focus on preventing and controlling TB in this minority group.

Policy Makers
2013
Establishing a Holistic Framework to Reduce Inequities in HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and Tuberculosis in the United States

The white paper, or policy document, outlines the strategic vision of NCHHSTP for reducing health disparities and promoting health equity among populations affected by these diseases. NCHHSTP is committed to promoting awareness, stakeholder and community engagement, and action on factors that can affect the nation and the world's health; to addressing these factors in the policy, practice, and research activities of NCHHSTP; and to building partnerships on every level.

Asian or Pacific Islander persons Non-U.S.-born persons Hispanic or Latino persons American Indian or Alaska Native persons Policy Makers
2010
TB Challenge: Partnering to Eliminate TB in African Americans

This quarterly newsletter is disseminated from CDC to it's traditional and non-traditional partners, which include, academicians, health care providers, public health leaders, policy, and decision-makers, religious and community leaders, state and local health department representatives, and others who service African Americans and their communities.

Community Leaders Policy Makers
2009
Making the Connection: An Introduction to Interpretation Skills for TB Control, 2nd edition

The video and viewer’s guide will help guide TB healthcare healthcare providers to work more effectively with interpreters. It will also help equip bilingual or multilingual TB staff with fundamental interpreting skills as they may be asked to interpret when a trained interpreter is not available. The video is available online to view or order.

Health Educators/Communicators Outreach Workers
2008
Trends in Tuberculosis - United States, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54(10): 245-249, March 18, 2005.

This report summarizes data from the national TB surveillance system for 2004 and describes trends since 1993. Findings indicate that although the 2004 TB rate was the lowest recorded in the United States since national reporting began in 1953, the declines in rates for 2003 (2.3%) and 2004 (3.3%) were the smallest since 1993...

Policy Makers
2005
Tuberculosis Among the Hispanic Population: Los Angeles County 2003

This fact sheet presents data on the distribution of TB cases among the Hispanic population of Los Angeles County in 2003.

2004
Tuberculosis Among the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: Los Angeles County 2003

This fact sheet presents data on the distribution of TB cases among the Asian/Pacific Islander populations of Los Angeles County in 2003.

2004