TB Education and Training Resource Guide—BACILLE CALMETTE-GUERIN (BCG) AND OTHER VACCINES (Printable Version)
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The BCG Vaccine: If You Had the BCG Vaccine, Here’s What You Need to Know
This pamphlet discusses the purpose and effectiveness of the BCG vaccine, explaining that the vaccine does not keep those vaccinated from developing TB infection or TB disease (New York
City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: general public, Hispanics
Format:
pamphlet, 4 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from:
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Tuberculosis Control Program,
125 Worth St, New York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968; www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb.html
TB Vaccine (BCG): What You Should Know
This fact sheet discusses the BCG vaccine, its effectiveness, and its relationship to TB (New York State Department of Health, 1996).
Audience: general public, Hispanics
Format: fact sheet, 1
p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of
TB Control, Corning Tower, Rm 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669;
518-474-4845; www.health.state.ny.us/home.html
TB Vaccine (BCG): What You Should Know
This pamphlet explains that the BCG vaccine
is used primarily on children and infants in some parts of the world, despite
the fact that it is not very effective (New York State Department of Health, 1996).
Audience: Asians, foreign-born, general public, Hispanics
Format: pamphlet,
2 pp
Language: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish,
Vietnamese
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau
of TB Control, Corning Tower, Rm 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669;
518-474-4845; www.health.state.ny.us/home.html
Tuberculosis (TB) and the BCG Vaccine
This fact sheet discusses the BCG vaccine
and TB and explains that TB can develop even if persons have been given the BCG
vaccine (County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, 2001).
Audience:
general public, Hispanics
Format: fact sheet, 1 p
Language: English,
Spanish
Available from: County of San Diego Health and Human Services
Agency, Office of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Program, PO Box 85222, San
Diego, CA 92816; 619-692-5565;
http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/ServiceCategoryDetails.asp?ServiceAreaID=43
