The resources on this website were compiled by the NTCA/NTNC Corrections Committee. Topics include TB prevention and control, epidemiology, screening, contact investigation, infection control, release planning, and cultural factors.
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This document provides practical guidance on translating the World Health Organization's principles and recommendations into a national or local screening strategy.
This document offers recommendations from CDC’s Health Literacy Council and other agency communicators on how to reduce jargon and replace problematic terms to improve comprehension.
Everyday Words is based on years of experience and formative research by CDC’s communication staff testing materials with diverse audiences. It provides:
substitute terms, real-life examples of difficult public health passages, revised wording, and tips to reinforce meaning and avoid other common pitfalls.
This infographic provides a variety of information regarding latent TB infection in the United States, including the estimated number of people with latent TB infection, the cost-effectiveness of latent TB infection treatment, and who should be tested. Supporting graphics are available to use in print and online content.
This tool is designed to help clinicians select adults for LTBI testing who are at high-risk for TB exposure or progression to TB disease. The tool calls out 3 groups for testing: foreign-born; immunosuppressed (e.g., HIV, TNF alpha inhibitor use, steroids, organ transplant); and contacts.
The Stop TB Partnership developed a set of free campaign materials for World TB Day 2016. Resources include posters, postcards, a toolkit, a t-shirt design, and cap and sarong designs. The resources come in six languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian.
This document shares best practices in engagement of health care providers in programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis that have been documented in different countries and regions and implemented by different stakeholders. Case studies presented in the document are lessons learned for scale-up of public-private mix for the management of drug-resistant TB at country level.
The website contains the history of World TB Day and multiple resources, including web graphics, that can be used in social media updates, websites, and presentations. This website also allows TB organizations to share their World TB Day 2016 activities.The 2016 US World TB Day theme is "End TB."
This document is a compilation of survivor stories that feature the personal journeys of 15 individuals who have fought against TB disease.
This fact sheet provides information on the connection between TB and diabetes and outlines activities where TB and diabetes programs can collaborate.
