TB Education and Training Resource Guide—PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (Printable Version)
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TB Guidelines, Policies, and Protocols
Clinical Policies and Protocols
This book describes policies and protocols for chest clinics of the Bureau of
Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health. The protocols address
testing, preventive treatment, initial evaluation for TB, treatment of TB disease
and drug-resistant TB, monitoring and follow-up evaluation, infection control,
and case management (New York City Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: book, 168 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/pdf/tb/manu.pdf
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
Control of Tuberculosis in the United States. American Review of Respiratory
Disease. 146:1623-1633, 1992 
This guideline provides information on establishing TB prevention, control,
and elimination programs for state, county, and city TB programs, and for other
health departments or hospital outpatient programs such as refugee programs,
STD clinics, and acute care and extended health care facilities (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1993).
Audience: business and labor organizations, community leaders, government
agencies, health professionals
Format: guideline, 11 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm.
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 #00-6330.
and CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003,
Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org.
Request inventory item #D644.
and Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham
Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800-843-6356; www.massmed.org.
Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
and U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.
20402; 866-512-1800; www.gpo.gov. GPO provides
a CD-ROM containing MMWRs from 1991 to 1997 for $19. Request item #017-022-01418-1.
Essential Components of a Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 44(RR-11):1-16, September 8, 1995
This CDC report outlines the core components of successful TB prevention and
control programs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995).
Audience: health professionals
Format: report, 42 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm.
Available from: Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham
Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800-843-6356; www.massmed.org.
Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
and U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.
20402; 866-512-1800; www.gpo.gov. GPO provides
a CD-ROM containing MMWRs from 1991 to 1997 for $19. Request item #017-022-01418-1.
Infection Control: Commissioner's Orders for Adherence to Anti-TB Treatment
This fact sheet discusses regulations that can be used to ensure the completion
of medical treatment for TB. It examines under what circumstances the commissioner's
orders may be invoked in New York City (New York City Department of Health,
2001).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb5a.html
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
Kentucky's Tuberculosis Control Law
This booklet helps explain the application of Kentucky's TB control law by local
health departments and health care providers (Kentucky Tuberculosis Control
Program, 2002).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals
Format: booklet, 27 pp
Language: English
Available from: Kentucky Tuberculosis Control Program, 275 East Main
St, MS HSIC-D, Frankfort, KY 40621; 502-564-4276; chs.state.ky.us
Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Training and Education
This book establishes priorities and strategic directions for TB training and
education efforts over a 5-year period, from 1999 to 2003 (Francis J. Curry
National Tuberculosis Center, 1999).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, health professionals, interest
groups, policy makers, social service providers
Format: book, 239 pp
Language: English
Available from: Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 3180 18th
St, Ste 101, San Francisco, CA 94110-2028; 415-502-4600; www.nationaltbcenter.edu.
Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Training and Education: Progress Report,
July 1999
This is a progress report of the nation, which establishes priorities and strategic
directions for TB training and education efforts over a 5-year period, from
1999 to 2003 (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 2000).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, health professionals, interest
groups, policy makers, social service providers
Format: report, 54 pp
Language: English
Available from: Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 3180 18th
St, Ste 101, San Francisco, CA 94110-2028; 415-502-4600; www.nationaltbcenter.edu.
Tuberculosis Elimination Revisited: Obstacles, Opportunities, and Renewed
Commitment. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 48(RR-9):1-13, August
13, 1999
In this report, the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis
reassesses its 1989 plan for the elimination of TB. It calls for sustained and
enhanced TB control efforts; new and improved diagnostic, treatment, and prevention
methods; and broad-based support for these efforts (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 20 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm.
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 #99-6144.
and Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham
Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800-843-6356; www.massmed.org.
Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
Tuberculosis Treatment Guidelines, Reporting and Discharge Regulations
This information packet presents TB treatment guidelines, a timeline for the
management of TB, a sample TB report, and other tools for managing TB in Santa
Clara County. Also included in the packet are fact sheets on TB testing, TB
drugs, and DOT (Santa Clara County Public Health).
Audience: health professionals
Format: information packet (3 sample forms, 14 fact sheets)
Language: English
Available from: Santa Clara County Public Health, TB Prevention and Control
Program, 2220 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95128; 408-885-4214; www.sccphd.org/phmain/Programs/tb.asp
Advocacy/Communications
APHA Advocates Handbook: A Guide for Effective Public Health Advocacy
This book serves as a guideline for advocating public health policies. It describes
federal and state legislative regulatory processes and explains how to advocate
effectively and how to build coalitions (American Public Health Association,
1999).
Audience: advocates, community leaders
Format: book, 143 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Public Health Association, 800 Eye St, NW, Washington,
DC 20001; 202-777-2742, 202-779-2500 (TTY); www.apha.org
Guidelines for Social Mobilization: Planning World TB Day
This guideline describes how to organize and run events and activities for World
TB Day (World Health Organization, 2000).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, government agencies, health
professionals, interest groups
Format: guideline, 28 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.stoptb.org/material/default.asp
Available from: World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, 20 Ave
Appia, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland; 41-22-791-2111; www.who.int/gtb
HIV, STD, and TB Prevention News Update
The PreventioNews List regularly posts the Prevention News Update, conference
announcements, current funding opportunities, select articles from the Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report series, and announcements about new National
Prevention Information Network (NPIN) products and services. This list is
maintained by NPIN, a service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention).
Audience: health professionals
Format: mailing list
Language: English
Internet link: http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/listserv/prevention_news.asp
TB Advocacy: A Practical Guide 1999
This book discusses strategies in TB prevention advocacy and advocacy for DOTS.
It outlines four basic steps that are essential for an effective advocacy initiative:
documenting the situation, packaging the message, working with the media, and
mobilizing others (World Health Organization, 1998).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, health professionals, interest
groups, international agencies
Format: book, 42 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, 20 Ave
Appia, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland; 41-22-791-2111; www.who.int/gtb
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 Elimination: Now Is the Time
This set of two posters promotes the elimination of TB and announces World TB
Day (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001).
Audience: advocates, business and labor organizations, community leaders,
general public, government agencies, health educators/communicators, policy
makers
Format: poster, 20" X 16"
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003,
Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org.
Request item #P008.
TB Notes
This quarterly newsletter provides information on the latest TB-related news.
It discusses current state and local TB programs as well as policies and programs
from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Audience: community leaders, government agencies, health professionals,
interest groups
Format: newsletter
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/notes/TBN_3_01/tbn_03_01.pdf
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP).
Subscribe to TB Notes by e-mailing tbinfo@cdc.gov,
providing your name and address, and requesting that you be added to the mailing
list for TB Notes. Download past issues of the newsletter from the CDC Website
at www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/notes/notes.htm.
TB Notes 2000
This special issue of the TB Notes newsletter examines the past, present, and
future of TB treatment and infection control (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 2000).
Audience: community leaders, government agencies, health professionals
Format: newsletter, 84 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/notes/TBN_1_00/notes2000b.htm
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 #99-6420.
and CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003,
Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org.
Request inventory item #D648.
TB-Related News and Journal Items Weekly Update
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) list provides synopses
of key scientific articles and media reports on tuberculosis. It also includes
information from the CDC and other government agencies-such as background on
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report articles, fact sheets, press releases,
and announcements (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Audience: health professionals
Format: list
Language: English
Internet link: lists.asciences.com/mailman/listinfo/tb-update
World TB Day 2002: The Impact of Tuberculosis Worldwide
This fact sheet, available online only, reviews the history of World TB Day
and explains why and where it is commemorated. It also discusses TB transmission,
latent TB infection versus active TB disease, TB treatment, and global TB epidemiology
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002).
Audience: general public
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/worldtb2002/tbglobal.pdf
World TB Day-March 24, 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
50(11):201, March 24, 2001
This announcement gives a brief overview of World TB Day, which recognizes the
collaborative efforts of all countries involved in eliminating TB (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 1 p
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_control.htm
Available from: Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham
Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800-843-6356; www.massmed.org.
Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
World Tuberculosis Day: Guide to Obtaining Media Coverage
This manual contains suggestions and instructions for planning and implementing
a creative media event on or before World TB Day (World Health Organization,
1997).
Audience: advocates, community leaders, health professionals, interest
groups
Format: book, 26 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, 20 Ave
Appia, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland; 41-22-791-2111; www.who.int/gtb
Evaluation Methods
Ad Hoc Review of the Tuberculosis Research Program
This report, available online only, presents the results of an ad hoc review
of the quality, direction, and extent of TB research supported by the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health,
1996).
Audience: advocates, health professionals
Format: report, 5 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/tuberculosis/execsum.htm
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report. 48(RR-11):1-40, September 17, 1999
This guideline discusses how evaluations can help improve public health programs
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999).
Audience: community leaders, government agencies, health professionals,
international agencies
Format: guideline, 40 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm
Available from: Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham
Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800-843-6356; www.massmed.org.
Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
Partnership Building
Diagnosis: The TB Control Partnership in New York City
This fact sheet explains the New York City Department of Health TB Control Partnership
program (New York City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: fact sheet, 1 p
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb1h.html
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
Forging Partnerships to Eliminate Tuberculosis
This report provides ideas for TB prevention and control programs to plan new
intervention strategies and strengthen existing ones (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, interest groups, managers and supervisors
Format: report, 67 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov.nchstp/tb/pubs/forge/pdfs/forge/pdf
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 #00-6552.
and CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003,
Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org.
Request inventory item #D711.
Training and Education
Designing and Conducting Tuberculosis Trainings and Educational Programs
Toolbox
This toolbox provides tools and guides for developing and implementing TB trainings
for clinicians and other health workers. It describes how to: develop timelines
for trainings; conduct needs assessments to determine training needs; create
agendas, syllabi, slides, and other course materials; handle training logistics
and faculty recruitment; and issue CE or CME units to course participants. It
includes sample correspondence, agendas, and timelines; slide templates; and
course outlines (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 2003).
Audience: health educators/communicators, health professionals
Format: CD-ROM
Language: English
Available from: Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 3180 18th
St, Ste 101, San Francisco, CA 94110-2028; 415-502-4600; www.nationaltbcenter.edu.
Designing a Tuberculosis Standardized Patient Program for Medical Students
This book is designed for medical school faculty who are interested in implementing
a TB standardized patient program for medical school students (New Jersey Medical
School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2002).
Audience: medical and nursing school students, policy makers
Format: book, 48 pp
Language: English
Available from: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New
Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 225 Warren St, First Fl,
West Wing, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709; 973-972-0979; www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb
TB-EDucate
TB-EDucate is an electronic mailing list maintained by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention's National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention for the TB
Education and Training Network. TB-EDucate provides opportunities for TB professionals
and others who have an interest in TB education and training issues to network,
collaborate on research, exchange knowledge, share resources, and pilot test
and preview new communication and education materials. Subscribers have the
option of receiving immediate delivery of each message, or once-daily delivery
of a digest containing all messages posted in a 24-hour period (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention).
Audience: health professionals
Format: list
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/TBETN/listserv.htm
Available from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To subscribe,
send a blank e-mail message to: tb-educate-subscribe@cdcnpin.org.
Tuberculosis Training for the International Medical Graduate
This book is for residency program directors, health administrators, and TB
control programs to help them provide an educational program for international
medical graduates that will ensure that they update their knowledge and skills
in accordance with current TB control guidelines (Charles P. Felton National
Tuberculosis Center, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, medical and nursing school students
Format: book, 30 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.harlemtbcenter.org/dept/harlemtb/img/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 Update and Tuberculin Skin Testing Certification
This teaching guide and pamphlet provide basic information about TB for health
professionals as well as information regarding TB skin testing certification
(Mississippi State Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: pamphlet, 6 pp; teaching guide, 14 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
