TB Education and Training Resource Guide—GENERAL TB INFORMATION (Printable Version)

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General TB Information Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States (Institute of Medicine Report)
This book provides government and nongovernment entities involved in TB elimination with background on the pathology of TB, its history, and the public and private response to TB in the United States (National Academy Press, 2000).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, government agencies, health professionals, interest groups
Format: book, 296 pp
Language: English
Internet link: books.nap.edu/books/0309070287/html/index.html
Available from: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave, NW, Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; 888-624-8373, 202 -334-3313; www.nap.edu

Georgia Tuberculosis Reference Guide
This pocket guide serves as a basic clinical guide to TB infection, disease, and control. Specific topics include the classification system for TB, tuberculin skin testing, treatment of latent TB infection, current TB disease therapy, TB prevention and treatment during pregnancy, childhood TB, TB and nursing homes, the BCG vaccine, TB infection control in hospitals, and community TB control (Emory University School of Medicine, 2002).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: pocket guide, 83 pp
Language:   English
Available from:    Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 69 Butler St, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616 -6145; www.emory.edu/WHSC/MED
and   Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Program, 2 Peachtree St, 12th Fl, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-657-2634; health.state.ga.us

National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Directory
This directory provides contact information for national TB centers, CDC Division of TB Elimination branches, and TB control offices in U.S. states and large U.S. cities (National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, Inc.).
Audience: health professionals
Format: booklet, 43 pp
Language:        English
Available from:    National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, Inc., 2951 Flowers Rd, South, Ste 102, Atlanta, GA 30341-5533; 770-455-0801, 888-455-0801; www.ntca-tb.org Outbreak: A Training Workbook This teaching guide educates workers about risk factors leading to TB transmission and infection (Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations
Format: teaching guide, 40 pp
Language:        English
Available from:    Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3200; www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm

Preventing Disease Transmission
This pamphlet, one component of a prevention training module, explains how a variety of diseases, including TB, are transmitted and how infection occurs (American Red Cross, 1993).
Audience: general public, health professionals
Format: pamphlet, 22 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Red Cross, National Headquarters, 430 17th St, NW, Washington, DC 20006; 800-435-7669; www.redcross.org

TB Can Be Eliminated
This information packet explains TB contact investigation, describes how to use a caliper ruler to measure TB skin test reactions, and provides a list of TB resources. It includes three brochures for the general public providing information about TB, TB testing, and DOT (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2002).
Audience: health educators/communicators, health professionals
Format: information packet (4 brochures, 5 fact sheets, caliper ruler)
Language: English
Available from: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Tuberculosis Control, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-983-6970; www.state.ma.us/dph/dphhome.htm

TB Elimination: Now Is the Time
This pamphlet provides information about the status of TB in the United States and around the world and stresses the importance of continuing TB elimination efforts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001).
Audience: community leaders, general public, government agencies, health professionals, international agencies
Format: pamphlet, 6 pp
Language:        English
Available from:    CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP). Materials can be ordered in a number of ways: 1) By accessing the online order form at www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb; 2) by calling the CDC voice and fax information system (recording) toll-free at 888-232-3228, then pressing options 2, 5, 1, 2, 2; 3) by faxing a request for material to the NCHSTP Office of Communications at 404-639-8910; or 4) by mailing a request to the CDC NCHSTP Office of Communications at 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS E-07, Atlanta, GA 30333. Request item #99-6893.
and   CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849 -6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org. Request inventory item #D707.

TB Facts for Health Care Workers
This pamphlet discusses populations at risk for TB, modes of transmission, methods of prevention, and ways to identify persons with latent TB infection and active TB disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: pamphlet, 14 pp
Language:        English
Available from:    CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP). Materials can be ordered in a number of ways: 1) By accessing the online order form at www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb; 2) by calling the CDC voice and fax information system (recording) toll-free at 888-232-3228, then pressing options 2, 5, 1, 2, 2; 3) by faxing a request for material to the NCHSTP Office of Communications at 404-639-8910; or 4) by mailing a request to the CDC NCHSTP Office of Communications at 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS E-07, Atlanta, GA 30333. Request item #99-5497.
and   CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org. Request inventory item #D015.

TB Prevention and Control: The New Challenges
This information packet discusses TB transmission, risk factors, signs and symptoms, protocols for diagnosis, infection control measures, and effective work practice controls (Envision, Inc., 1999).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 18 min; 1 pamphlet, 32 pp)
Language: English
Available from: Envision Inc., 1111 16th Ave, South, Nashville, TN 37212; 866-321-5066, 615-321-5066; www.envisioninc.net

TB Today
This instructional packet provides an outline to help health professionals diagnose and treat TB (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1994).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: instructional packet, 5 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, PO Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7400; www.msdh.state.ms.us

TB: Tuberculosis: A Deadly Disease Makes a Comeback
This pamphlet provides information to help nurses identify people with TB. It also discusses approaches to preventing occupational exposure, including wearing respiratory protection equipment and instituting compliance procedures following possible exposure to TB (American Nurses Association, 1993).
Audience:         nurses
Format: pamphlet, 1 p
Language:        English
Internet link: www.nursingworld.org/dlwa/osh/tb.htm
Available from:    American Nurses Association, 600 Maryland Ave SW, Ste 100 West, Washington, DC, 20024-2571; 800-274-4ANA; www.nursingworld.org

Tuberculosis
This CD-ROM presents information about TB diagnosis and treatment. It explains how to identify individuals with active TB and TB infection using the tuberculin skin test and additional diagnostic methods (Channing L. Bete Company, Inc., 1998).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: CD-ROM (with 2 study guides)
Language: English
Available from: Channing L. Bete Company, Inc., One Community Place, South Deerfield, MA 01373-0200; 800-477-4776; www.channing-bete.com

Tuberculosis Outreach Worker Orientation Modules
This instructional packet is designed for training and certifying TB outreach workers. It includes instruction on infection control, field activities, contact investigations, occupational safety, patient compliance, and DOT (Mississippi State Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, outreach workers
Format: instructional packet, 13 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, PO Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7400; www.msdh.state.ms.us

Tuberculosis: Six Case Studies
This book provides case study information for six cases of latent TB infection and active TB disease. It presents initial visits and continues through follow-up visits, adverse event reporting, and final discharge (Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, medical and nursing school students, nurses, physicians
Format: book, 86 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.harlemtbcenter.org/dept/harlemtb/Cases.pdf
Available from: Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center at Harlem Hospital, 2238 Fifth Ave, First Fl, New York, NY 10037; 212 -939-8254; www.harlemtbcenter.org

Tuberculosis: What You Need to Know
This CD-ROM presents information about TB for those working in medical and non-medical settings. It explains how TB is transmitted, its symptoms, prevention, and the differences between latent TB infection and active TB disease (HealthSoft, 2000).
Audience: community leaders, correctional personnel, health professionals, occupational health and infection control workers
Format:       CD-ROM
Language:        English
Available from:    HealthSoft, PO Box 536489, Orlando, FL 32853-6489; 800-235-0882; healthsoftonline.com/portal/index.asp