TB Education and Training Resource Guide—SPECIAL SETTINGS (Printable Version)
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Workplace Settings
No One Is Immune to TB: Important Facts for Workers
This fact sheet discusses TB and the immune system, the relationship between
TB and HIV, and courses of
treatment for TB (Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington,
DC 20005; 202-898-3200;
http://www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm
TB: The Straight Facts
This fact sheet gives union members basic information about TB (Service Employees
International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public, health educators/communicators
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington,
DC 20005; 202-898-3200;
http://www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm
Tuberculosis: Questions and Answers
This fact sheet provides basic information about TB (American Federation of
State, County, and Municipal
Employees, 2001).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public
Format: fact sheet, 7 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO, 1625 L Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1000, 202-659-0446 (TTY); http://www.afscme.org
A Workplace Control Plan: Putting the Pieces Together
This fact sheet encourages workers to help eliminate TB from their workplace
and provides information on the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regulations regarding respirators
(Service Employees
International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public, health educators/communicators
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington,
DC 20005; 202-898-3200;
http://www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm
Your Rights to Workers' Compensation
This fact sheet informs workers about TB and workers' compensation benefits.
It outlines what a worker needs to
do when filing a claim and discusses the complexity of the compensation process
(Service Employees
International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington,
DC 20005; 202-898-3200;
http://www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm
Corrections
What You Don't Know about Tuberculosis Could Kill You
This videotape for incarcerated persons identifies populations at risk for TB,
discusses methods of transmission,
and explains the differences between active TB disease and latent TB infection
(Texas Department of Health,
1996).
Audience: Hispanics, inmates
Format: videotape, 7 min
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Texas Department of Health, Tuberculosis Elimination Division,
1100 W 49th Street, Austin, TX
78756-3199; 512-458-7447; http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/tb/default.htm
