Health Educators/Communicators

A fact sheet on the TB skin test, including information on latent TB infection, TB disease, and what a positive/negative skin test means. The fact sheet also has information on testing after receiving the BCG vaccine.

This report summarizes CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) data collected in 2008 from 21 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) using an anonymous cross-sectional interview of men at venues where men who have sex with men (MSM) congregate. The data show that of 8,153 MSM interviewed and tested in the 21 MSAs participating in NHBS in 2008, HIV prevalence was 19 percent, with non-Hispanic blacks having the highest prevalence (28 percent), followed by Hispanics (18 percent), non-Hispanic whites (16 percent), and persons who were multiracial or of other race (17 percent).

Guided video for patients who have to collect their sputum during a medical visit.

This guide is for people with tuberculosis (TB), people at risk for TB, and their caretakers. The guide contains information on what services you have the right to receive, as well as your rights related to TB prevention, testing, treatment, and care.

This is a planning document designed to facilitate the integration of strong public-private mix components into national TB strategic plans that are supposed to be the basis for Global Fund proposals and national budgeting processes, and will help drive a more comprehensive approach to provider engagement in TB care and prevention.

This 75-minute webinar discusses TB and LTBI testing and treatment for international students in the university and college setting. The webinar includes information on updates to the American College Health Association (ACHA) TB guidelines, LTBI treatment options, and a model for LTBI screening and treatment in the University setting.

This handbook focuses specifically on three technologies that are being widely used to help TB patients complete their treatment over the many months that their regimens last.

The video describes general information about TB, including content on preventative measures to protect yourself and others from TB disease.

The video is intended to provide overall guidance and interviewing techniques.
Viewers are presented an overview of interviewing for TB contact investigation, excerpts of a TB interview and a re-interview, and commentary from experts in the field. The checklist focuses on critical elements of a TB interview.

This series of three videos aims to help providers talk to their patients about latent TB infection testing and treatment. Each of the videos are two-minutes long. The topics covered include:
•Why Should I Get Testing for Latent TB?
•Why Do I Need Treatment for Latent TB?
•I Received the BCG Vaccine: Do I Still Need Latent TB Testing and Treatment?