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Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Care: A Guide for Self-Study and Self-Assessment

This resource was developed for the public health workforce and other healthcare providers. It is intended as a tool to begin to explore the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for cultural competency in general, with a focus on TB control activities. The guide utilizes a culture general perspective and includes a self-assessment tool, teaching cases, and links to other cultural competency resources.

Priorities for Tuberculosis Bacteriology Services in Low Income Countries

This is the second edition of the "Red Book". It provides guidance to national tuberculosis programmes and the laboratory network on the role of TB laboratory services. It outlines the main responsibilities within the network and the technical and organisational aspects of microscopic sputum-smear examination and the surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance. The purpose of this monograph is to complement other texts on mycobacteriology and thus it is limited in its scope and emphasis.

Cambodia Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals Working with Foreign-Born Clients

The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Cambodia. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases.

Manatili sa Tamang Paraan sa Gamot sa TB[Staying on Track with TB Medicine]

This booklet is one of several culturally-appropriate patient education materials produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Northeastern National Tuberculosis Center. This booklet provides information on treatment for TB infection, treatment for TB disease, and how to stay on track with a medicine plan. Also available in English and Spanish.

TB CARE I Tools

This website contains general information about TB, TB guidelines, and country specific documents that are found on TB CAP's Toolbox CD ROM.

Pediatric TB for the Private Provider

This educational CD is intended to improve the management and care of pediatric tuberculosis in the private sector. Includes four recorded presentations, Q&A Sessions, and many other learning and resource materials. Free CE and CME offered.

Pediatric TB Session 1 – Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Childhood TB: How are kids different?
Presenter: Jeffrey Starke, MD

Pediatric TB Session 2 – Latent TB Infection: Who, How, When and Why?
Presenter: Robert Lawrence, MD

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