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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 
The educational materials listed in this section are drawn from the NPIN
Educational Materials Database and include fact sheets, guides, reports,
and videos on TB; journal articles are listed in a separate section of
this resource guide. Materials are listed alphabetically and grouped into
two categories: 1) patient and public education and 2) professional education.
There is some overlap between the sections, as some materials target multiple
audiences.
To conduct a tailored search on, for instance, TB in prisons or TB among
HIV-infected persons, contact NPIN at 800-458-5231 (800-243-7012 TTY)
or visit the NPIN Web site at http://www.cdcnpin.org
and search our Educational Materials
Database.
Disclaimer: This information is
made available as a public service. Neither the CDC nor the NPIN endorse
the organizations and materials represented. It is the responsibility
of the user to evaluate this information prior to use based on individual
needs and community standards.
Patient and Public Education
Materials in this section are directed at the general public, persons
with TB, employers, government agencies, correctional agencies, the media,
and other groups or individuals. Contact the issuing agency directly for
cost information.
ACHA Guidelines: Tuberculosis Screening on Campus
This fact sheet provides guidelines for TB screening of college students
in the United States (American College Health Association, 1996).
Audience: college administrators
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: American College Health Association, Task Force on HIV
Disease and AIDS, P.O. Box 28937, Baltimore, MD 21240-8937; http://www.acha.org;
410-859-1500
AIDS Chicago
This HIV/AIDS surveillance newsletter, published quarterly for professionals,
also targets consumers and activists. It contains tables and graphs and
a narrative, and each issue features a cover story analyzing a selected
aspect of the epidemic in Chicago (Chicago Department of Public Health).
Audience: health professionals, consumers, activists
Format: print material, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from: Chicago Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program,
333 South State Street, Second Floor, Room 2136, Chicago, IL 60604-3972;
312-747-9810
AIDS and Jail Facts: For Inmates and Officials (translated title)
This manual covers facts about AIDS for incarcerated people and correctional
officials in a question-and-answer format. It also addresses the differences
between HIV and TB (American Civil Liberties Union, 1993). Audience:
incarcerated persons, law enforcement and correctional agencies
Format: print material, 53 pp
Language: Spanish
Available from: American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project,
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20009; 202-234-4830
Basic TB Facts
This fact sheet provides general facts about TB (San Diego County Health
Department, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego County, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
The
BCG Vaccine: If You Had the BCG Vaccine, Here's What You Need to Know
This brochure provides information about TB and the bacille Calmette-Guerin
(BCG) vaccine, which prevents TB of the brain and other serious forms
of the disease in young children (New York City Department of Health,
1999).
Audience: general public, consumers, immigrants, refugees
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: NYC Tuberculosis Control Program, New York City Department
of Health, 125 Worth Street, Room 216, Box 74, New York, NY 10013; 212-788-4155
Business Responds
to AIDS: Manager's Kit
This CD-ROM will guide the user through all five components- workplace
policy, manager/supervisor training, employee education, family education,
and community service/ volunteerism-of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention's (CDC's) Business Responds to AIDS Program (BRTA). BRTA
is a multifaceted program that offers solid information on building comprehensive
HIV and AIDS programs for large and small businesses (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1999).
Audience: administrators, business association members, business librarians,
businesses/corporations, chief executive officers, employee assistance
program counselors, human resources personnel, industrial organizations,
labor organizations, managers/supervisors, occupational nurses and safety
officers, shop stewards, union members, workplace educators
Format: CD-ROM, print material
Language: English
Available from: CDC Business and Labor Resource Service, P.O. Box 6003,
Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231;
http:// www.brta-lrta.org
Chest Clinics: This Is What We Do…
This brochure explains the purpose of chest clinics and the services they
offer. It provides a brief overview of the history, mission, and goals
of chest clinics under the New York City Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
(New York City Department of Health, 1997).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
Ciprofloxacin for Treatment of TB
This brochure provides information, such as dosage, treatment adherence,
and side effects, about using the drug ciprofloxacin to treat persons
suspected of having TB infection or disease. (Pennsylvania Department
of Health, 1998).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp Language: English
Available from: Division of Communicable Disease Control & Surveillance,
Tuberculosis Control Section, Pennsylvania Department of Health, P.O.
Box 90, Harrisburg, PA 17108-0090; 717-787-6267
Collecting a Sputum Sample: Patient Instruction Sheet
This guideline for patients explains how to collect a sputum sample for
analysis (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: persons living with TB
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Contact with TB: What Do I Do Now?
This brochure provides basic information about TB, the importance of testing,
and the treatment for TB in a question-and-answer format (New York City
Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: Hispanics, general public, consumers, people living with HIV,
immigrants, refugees
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: NYC TB Control Program, New York City Department of Health,
125 Worth Street, Room 216, Box 74, New York, NY 10013; 212-788-4155
Controlling Tuberculosis in Community Corrections
This report considers the increasing incidence and prevalence of TB infection
in the U.S. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, planners, government agencies Format:
print material, 11 pp
Language: English
Available from: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice,
Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000; 800-851-3420
The Deadly Intersection Between TB and HIV
This brochure examines the relationship between HIV and TB, reviews statistical
data that supports TB as the leading cause of death, and explains why
people with HIV are more susceptible to active TB (CDC National Center
for National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1998). Audience:
health professionals, media
Format: print material, 3 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, P.O. Box
6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231. Request inventory item #
D059.
Developing Tuberculosis Policy for Your Community-Based Organization
This statement is part of a conference workshop focusing on the development
of TB policy for community-based organizations (AIDS Center at Hope House,
1994).
Audience: community service professionals, community organizations
Format: print material, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from: North Jersey Community Research Initiative, 393 Central
Avenue, Suite 301, Newark, NJ 07103; 973-483-3444
Did You Give the TB Medicine to Your Child Today?
This refrigerator magnet serves as a reminder that medications for TB
must be given to a child every day (University of Texas Health Center
at Tyler, 1995).
Audience: parents
Format: magnet
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Directly Observed Therapy
This brochure describes the approach to TB treatment known as directly
observed therapy (DOT) and discusses its advantages (New York City Department
of Health, 1999).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: NYC TB Control Program, New York City Department of Health,
125 Worth Street, Room 216, Box 74, New York, NY 10013; 212-788-4155
Directly Observed Therapy Can Help You Cure TB!
This brochure provides an overview of directly observed therapy (New York
City Department of Health, 1997).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 100013; 212-442-9968
Effective Leadership During Times of Transition: Highlights of
the 1994 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference; September
18 - 21, 1994
These conference proceedings include profiles of 80 cities and discuss
urban problems like prenatal care, AIDS, and TB healthcare access, and
public health systems (City MatCH, 1995).
Audience: planners, social workers, administrators, federal agencies,
local government agencies, state government agencies
Format: print material, 248 pp
Language: English
Available from: City MatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department
of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 982170, Omaha, NE 68198-2170;
http://www.match.org; 402-559-8323
The Epidemiological Profile of HIV/AIDS in Chicago
This report documents the latest trends in the HIV epidemic in Chicago.
Also included are data on cofactors of the epidemic and a sociodemographic
analysis (Chicago Department of Public Health, 1999). Audience: health
professionals, consumers, activists
Format: print material, 55 pp
Language: English
Available from: Chicago Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program,
333 South State Street, Second Floor, Room 2136, Chicago, IL 60604-3972;
312-747-9810
The Facts about TB
This video provides a general overview of TB (New York City Department
of Health, 1996).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: videorecording, 10 min
Language: Cantonese, English, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
Facts about …Tuberculosis
This pamphlet describes the symptoms, diagnosis, progression, and treatment
of TB (American Lung Association of Maryland, 1996). Audience: general
public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association, 14435 Cherry Lane Court, Suite
310, Laurel, MD 20707; http://www.lungusa.org;
301-483-3164
Facts about…Tuberculosis
This brochure provides basic information about TB (American Lung Association
of Queens, 1994).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 12 pp
Language: English Available from: American Lung Association of Queens,
97-45 Queens Boulevard, Regal Park, NY 11374; 718-263-5656
Facts about…Tuberculosis
This brochure explains basic information about TB (American Lung Association
of Santa Clara-San Benito Counties, 1993).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Santa Clara-San Benito Counties,
1469 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126; 408-998-5864
Farmworkers and HIV
The fact sheet looks at the incidence of HIV and STD infection among Hispanic
farmworkers and migrant workers and the connection with tuberculosis (National
Council of La Raza, 1993).
Audience: researchers, social workers, community service professionals
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: National Council of La Raza, 1111 19th Street, NW, Suite
1000, Washington, DC 20036; 202-785-1670
The Five Elements of the DOTS Strategy
This poster outlines the five elements of directly observed treatment,
short-course (World Health Organization, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, planners, administrators, government
agencies
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland; 011-4122-791-3666
Guidelines for Local Health Departments
This guideline directs local health departments about prevention and control
of TB (Indiana State Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: local government agencies
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Indiana State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
Two North Meridian Street, Sixth Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204; 317-233-7547
Help Us Stop TB: Preventing TB Is a Lot Easier Than Curing It
This poster provides general information about TB (Mississippi State Department
of Health, 1996).
Audience: parents, children
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Hepatitis and TB Treatment
This fact sheet shows the relationship between medications used to treat
TB and hepatitis (Multnomah County Health Department, 1995). Audience:
persons with TB
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Multnomah County Health Department, Tuberculosis Clinic,
426 Southwest Stark Street, Third Floor, Portland, OR 97204; 503-248-3417
HIV, TB & Hepatitis in Jail & Prison: Stay Negative, Stay Healthy,
Stay Alive!
This brochure provides suggestions for avoiding HIV and TB infection while
incarcerated (Correctional HIV Consortium, 1998).
Audience: incarcerated persons
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English Available from: Correctional HIV Consortium, 50 California
Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111; 415-439-5285
HIV-Related TB
This brochure provides basic information about TB (National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1993).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with AIDS, HIV-positive
persons
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, P.O. Box
6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231. Request inventory item #D348
(English) or #D050 (Spanish).
How Did Your Child Get Infected with TB?
This brochure provides information for parents about TB in children (San
Diego County Health Department, 1995).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
How Did Your Child Get Infected with TB? (translated title)
This brochure provides information for parents about TB in children (San
Diego County Health Department, 1995).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
How to Collect a Sputum Sample
This brochure provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and
when to collect a sputum sample (North Carolina Department of Health and
Human Services, 1996).
Audience: persons living with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
An Inexpensive Antibiotic Proves Effective in Reducing Death Among
People with HIV and TB in Africa
This news release discusses an antibiotic called trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
(TMP/SMX), which reduces the number of fatalities among persons co-infected
with TB and HIV (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
1998).
Audience: health professionals, media
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, P.O. Box
6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231
Information on TB for Criminal Justice Workers
This brochure examines the relationship between TB and criminal justice
workers (New York State Department of Health, 1997).
Audience: law enforcement, correctional personnel
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control,
Corning Tower Building, Room 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669;
518-474-4845
INH Information and Consent
This informed-consent sheet advises readers that they have tested positive
for TB and that they are eligible to begin isoniazid (Multnomah County
Health Department, 1995).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese Available from:
Multnomah County Health Department, Tuberculosis Clinic, 426 Southwest
Stark Street, Third Floor, Portland, OR 97204; 503-248-3417
INH: Standing Between You and TB
This brochure encourages readers to take a full course of preventive treatment
prescribed by their doctors, focusing on the drug isoniazid, for TB infection
(Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1996).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of TB & Refugee Health,
2020 Capital Circle, Mail Bin SE A-20, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1717; 850-488-9766
Is Your Child At Risk?
This poster increases parental awareness that children are at risk for
TB (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1992).
Audience: parents
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
IT Stands for Intermittent Therapy
This brochure describes intermittent therapy (IT) for tuberculosis (New
York City Department of Health, 1998).
Audience: persons living with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
Making North Carolina TB-Free Week
This information package is designed to educate people about TB and to
be used during "Make North Carolina TB-Free Week" (North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, state government agencies
Format: print material, 23 pp
Language: English
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
Method for Sputum Collection
This fact sheet describes how to collect a sputum sample for analysis
(Multnomah County Health Department, 1993).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Available from: Multnomah County Health Department, Tuberculosis Clinic,
426 SW Start Street, Third Floor, Portland, OR 97204; 503-248-3417
No Frills, Just Pills to Kill TB Infection
This brochure provides a brief, easy-to-read introduction to preventive
therapy, designed for a person who has tested positive for TB (American
Lung Association of Connecticut, 1995).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: American Lung Association of Connecticut, 45 Ash Street,
East Hartford, CT 06108; 860-289-5401
No One Should Have to Suffer from Tuberculosis
This poster conveys the message that everyone is at risk for contracting
TB (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1992).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: poster
Language: English Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health,
Tuberculosis Program, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Outbreak: A Training Workbook
This teaching guide educates workers about risk factors leading to TB
transmission and infection (Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: employees, workplace educators, union members
Format: print material, 40 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, Mailroom, 1313
L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3443
Pass Traditions Not Tuberculosis
This poster reviews the symptoms of TB (Mississippi State Department of
Health, 1992).
Audience: general public, consumers, Native Americans
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Preventing Disease Transmission
This brochure is one component of a disease prevention training module
that explains how a variety of diseases are transmitted and how infection
occurs, including TB and HIV/AIDS (American Red Cross, 1993). Audience:
health professionals, safety professionals, general public, consumers,
employees
Format: print material, 22 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Health and
Safety Services, Office of HIV/AIDS Education, 8111 Gatehouse Road, Falls
Church, VA 22042-1203; http://www.redcross.org;
800-375-2040
Preventing Illness: Peace of Mind Through Prophylaxis
This article discuses prophylaxis and HIV-related illness, including TB
(Test Positive Aware Network, 1993).
Audience: HIV-positive persons
Format: journal article, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Test Positive Aware Network, 1258 West Belmont, Chicago,
IL 60657; 773-404-8726
Prisons and AIDS: UNAIDS Point of View
This pamphlet discusses the incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in correctional
facilities around the world, explains how this morbidity rate impacts
the general public, and reviews risk factors for HIV transmission such
as TB (World Health Organization, 1997).
Audience: social workers, community service professionals, law enforcement,
correctional personnel, correctional agencies
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland; 011-4122-791-4651
Questions
and Answers about TB
This brochure provides general information about TB (CDC National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 18 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
She Has Your Eyes, Your Nose, and Your Smile…Don't Give Her Your
Disease. TB is Contagious
This poster describes TB symptoms and explains why TB testing is important,
particularly for children (American Lung Association of Oregon, 1995).
Audience: parents, general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 poster
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Oregon, 9320 Southwest Barbur
Boulevard, Suite 140, Portland, OR 97207; 503-246-1997
Stop TB
This poster provides basic TB information, using illustrations with captions
(CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1994). Audience:
general public, consumers, persons with TB
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Stop TB (translated title)
This poster provides general information about TB (Association of Asian
Pacific Community Health Organizations, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: poster
Language: Chinese (Mandarin), Filipino, Ilocano, Tagolog, Vietnamese
Available from: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations,
1440 Broadway, Suite 510, Oakland, CA 94612; http://www.aapcho.org;
510-272-9536
Stop TB Now
This fact sheet provides general information about TB (North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services, 1997).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
Stop TB: Prevent It
This poster encourages people to contact their local health departments
for information about TB (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1991).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Stop Thief!: Tuberculosis Robs People of Their Good Health
This poster advises skin tests for people who think they may have been
exposed to TB and encourages people who test positive to consult a physician
for evaluation and treatment (Mississippi State Department of Health,
1991).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: poster
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Stopping the Spread of Tuberculosis in Your Workplace
This manual examines how to prevent TB transmission in the workplace (Hunter
College, 1994).
Audience: employers, employees
Format: print material, 16 pp
Language: English
Available from: Hunter College, Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health,
425 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010-3590; 212-481-7672
TB and HIV
This brochure presents information about TB for persons who are HIV-positive
(San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: Impact AIDS, 2748 Calle Serena, Santa Fe, NM 87505; 505-424-0722
TB and HIV: The Connection
This video answers questions about the relationship between HIV and TB
and urges people living with HIV to get a TB skin test (New York City
Department of Health, 1996).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons living with HIV Format: videorecording,
13 min
Language: English, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 2225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
TB & Prisons: The Facts for Inmates and Officers
This pamphlet considers the incidence and prevalence of TB infection and
disease in correctional institutions and outlines strategies for avoiding
infection in the prison setting (American Civil Liberties Union, 1993).
Audience: law enforcement, correctional personnel, incarcerated persons,
correctional agencies
Format: print material, 17 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project,
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20009; 202-234-4830
TB & Prisons: The Facts for Inmates and Officers
This brochure uses a question-and-answer format to discuss TB in prisons
and jails (American Civil Liberties Union, 1993).
Audience: law enforcement, correctional personnel, incarcerated persons
Format: print material, 18 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project,
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20009; 202-234-4830
TB Can Be Cured!
This comic book addresses a variety of issues related to TB and HIV/AIDS
(Solidarity Health Publications, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: comic book, 22 pp
Language: English
Available from: Solidarity Health Publications, P.O. Box 260, Eikenhof,
SOUTH AFRICA; 011-900-1754
TB - Get the Facts (translated title)
This fact sheet provides general information about TB (Asian Pacific Health
Care Venture, 1996).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: Japanese
Available from: Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, 1530 Hillhurst Avenue,
Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90027; 323-644-3880
TB: Getting Cured
This brochure advises persons living with TB how TB can be cured (New
York City Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: persons living with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
TB/HIV: Double Trouble
This sticker encourages people who are HIV-positive to get tested for
TB (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1998).
Audience: HIV-positive persons
Format: print material, 1 sticker
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
TB in Correctional Institutions
This fact sheet discusses the risk of TB for inmates and employees of
correctional facilities (American Federation of State County and Municipal
Employees, 1993).
Audience: employees, law enforcement and correctional agencies, labor
organizations
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees,
1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1215
TB in the 1990s
This slide presentation provides basic information about TB (American
Lung Association of Connecticut, 1998).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: 18 slides
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Connecticut, 45 Ash Street,
East Hartford, CT 06108; 860-289-5401
TB Information Sheet
This fact sheet gives general information about the epidemiology of TB
among demographic groups worldwide, in the U.S., and in North Carolina
(North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 1998). Audience:
general public, consumers
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 29601-0601; 919-733-7286
TB Outside the Lungs
This brochure describes extrapulmonary TB, how it affects the body, and
how it can be treated (San Diego County Health Department, 1998). Audience:
general public, consumers
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
Available from: CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Boulevard, NW, Boca Raton,
FL 33431; 561-994-0555
The TB Skin Test Result and Your HIV Status
This fact sheet discusses HIV status and tuberculin skin test
evaluations (San Diego County Health Department, 1994).
Audience: persons living with HIV
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Office of Health Promotion,
1700 Pacific Highway, Room 310, San Diego, CA 92101; 619-515-6505
TB: The Straight Facts
This fact sheet gives union members basic information about TB
(Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: workplace educators, union members
Format: print material: 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3443
TB: Tuberculosis Treatable & Beatable
This brochure describes testing and treatment for TB (Gay Men’s Health
Crisis, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with AIDS, HIV-positive
persons
Format: print material, 9 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Community Partnership Initiative,
119 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011-3629; 212-367-1206
TB Vaccine (BCG): What You Should Know
This fact sheet explains the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, its
effectiveness, and its relationship to TB (New York State Department,
1995).
Audience: immigrants, refugees, general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department, Bureau of TB Control, Corning
Tower Building, Room 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669; 518-474-4845
TB – What You Should Know
This brochure provides basic information about TB (Channing L. Bete Company,
Inc., 1993).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 7 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Channing L. Bete Company, Inc., 200 State Road, South
Deerfield, MA 01373-0200; 800-628-7733, publication #41087A (Spanish)
Think TB
This poster lists the general symptoms of TB (Mississippi Department of
Health and CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1993).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: poster
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
This is Mr. Germ: He’d Love to Catch You with Your Resistance Down
This brochure provides general information about TB (American Lung Association
of Queens, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 22 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: American Lung Association of Queens, 97-45 Queens Boulevard,
Regal Park, NY 11374; 718-263-5656
Treatment to Prevent Tuberculosis
The brochure provides general information about preventing TB infection
from developing into active TB (New York City Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
The Tuberculin Skin Test
This brochure provides general information about the tuberculin skin test,
who should be tested, what its results mean, and possible side effects
(New York City Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
Tuberculosis
This fact sheet focuses on TB and its prevalence among people with HIV/AIDS
(National AIDS Treatment Information Project, 1998).
Audience: persons with AIDS, HIV-positive persons
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: National AIDS Treatment Information Project, http://www.natip.org/tb/html
Tuberculosis
This fact sheet discusses TB and the occupational risks of infection (American
Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, 1993).
Audience: employees, labor organizations
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees,
1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1215
Tuberculosis
Fact Sheets
This CDC fact sheets series includes the following titles: "You Can
Prevent TB," "TB and HIV (The AIDS Virus)," "Exposure
to TB," "The TB Skin Test," and "TB Can Be Cured"
(CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1997).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons living with TB, persons
living with AIDS
Format: print material, tear-off pads with 40 two-page tear-off sheets
per pad
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Tuberculosis in Pregnancy
and Lactation
This fact sheet presents information on the safety of skin testing and
treatment with certain drugs for TB on pregnant women and on the safety
of breastfeeding while taking TB medications (University of Texas Health
Center at Tyler, 1999).
Audience: parents, women
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious
Disease Control, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, P.O. Box
20003, Tyler, TX 75708; 903-877-7790
Tuberculosis: A Handbook for TB Patients
This brochure provides general facts about TB (American Lung
Associations of Queens, 1995).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 12 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Associations of Queens, 97-45 Queens Boulevard,
Regal Park, NY 11374; 718-263-5656
Tuberculosis: Compliance Guide & Trainer’s Kit
This book provides information on TB infection control and respiratory
protection programs for minimizing risks to workers (Holdsworth Associates,
Inc., 1994).
Audience: safety professionals, administrators, government agencies,
community organizations, businesses/corporations
Format: print material, 82 pp
Language: English
Available from: Holdsworth Associates, Inc., 1224 Mill Street, East Berlin,
CT 06023-1140; 860-828-2002
Tuberculosis: The Connection Between TB and HIV
(The AIDS Virus)
This brochure provides basic information on TB and discusses its connection
with HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1990).
Audience: general public, consumers, HIV-positive persons, persons
with AIDS
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, P.O. Box
6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231. Request inventory item #D484
(English) or # D598 (Spanish).
Tuberculosis: The Connection Between TB and HIV
(The AIDS Virus) (translated title)
This brochure provides basic information on TB and discusses its connection
with HIV/AIDS (Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, 1996).
Audience: HIV-positive persons, persons with AIDS, persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: Korean, Vietnamese
Available from: Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, 1530 Hillhurst Avenue,
Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA; 213-644-3880
Tuberculosis Disease in Children
This fact sheet discusses active TB in children, transmission, and treatment
(American Lung Association of Texas and University of Texas at Houston
Medical School, 1996).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: Bosnian, Chinese, English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Available from: American Lung Association of Texas, 2425 West Loop South,
Suite 300, Houston, TX 77027; 713-629-1600
Tuberculosis Exposure in Children
This fact sheet discusses how children are commonly exposed to TB, what
a tuberculin skin test is, and what its results mean (American Lung Association
of Texas and University of Texas Medical School, 1996).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: Bosnian, Chinese, English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Available from: American Lung Association of Texas, 2425 West Loop South,
Suite 300, Houston, TX 77027; 713-629-1600
Tuberculosis:
Get the Facts
This leaflet provides general information about TB (CDC National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1990).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333;
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228,
press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Tuberculosis – Get the Facts (translated title)
This brochure provides general information about TB disease. It also describes
risk factors for contracting TB, the tuberculin skin test, and preventive
therapy (Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations,
1996).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
Available from: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations,
1440 Broadway, Suite 510, Oakland, CA 94612; 510-272-9536
Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities
This report summarizes the results of a survey conducted to determine
the extent of TB and TB control in correctional facilities (National Institute
of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994).
Audience: personnel, law enforcement, correctional agencies
Format: print material, 69 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, Document
Delivery Service, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231.
Request document delivery accession #AD0020020.
Tuberculosis Infection in Children
This fact sheet discusses TB infection in children, how it is transmitted,
and how it is treated (American Lung Association of Texas and University
of Texas at Houston Medical School, 1996).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: Bosnian, Chinese, English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Available from: American Lung Association of Texas, 2425 West Loop South,
Suite 300, Houston, TX 77027; 713-629-1600
Tuberculosis Information Treatment Card
This form helps parents track a child’s TB treatment (University of Texas
Health Center at Tyler, 1995).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Tuberculosis : It Can Happen to You
This comic book provides general information about TB (American Lung Association
of Los Angeles County, 1991).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons living with TB
Format: print material, 13 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Los Angeles County, 5858
Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90036; 213-935-5864
Tuberculosis Management Clinic: INH Evaluation/Initiation
This form is an evaluation guide for considering the use of isoniazid
for TB patients (Multnomah County Health Department, 1996).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Multnomah County Health Department, Tuberculosis Clinic,
426 Southwest Stark Street, Third Floor, Portland, OR 97204; 503-248-3417
Tuberculosis Medications
This fact sheet gives patients information about TB medications (Multnomah
County Health Department, 1995).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Multnomah County Health Department, Tuberculosis Clinic,
426 West Stark Street, Third Floor, Portland, OR 97204; 503-248-3417
Tuberculosis! Prevention Basics for AIDS Service Organizations
This report addresses the need for HIV/AIDS service organizations to develop
and implement TB prevention, screening, and treatment strategies and policies
(Anna Forbes, 1996).
Audience: organizations, community organizations
Format: print material, 9 pp
Language: English
Available from: Anna Forbes, AIDS and Women’s Health Policy Consultant,
2430 Avon Road, Ardmore, PA 19003; 610-649-8113
Tuberculosis: Questions and Answers
This fact sheet uses a question-and-answer format to discuss basic information
about TB (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees,
1993).
Audience: employees
Format: print material, 7 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees,
1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1215
Tuberculosis (TB):
GMHC Treatment Issues Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines TB and describes the difference between the disease
and the infection (Gay Men’s Health Crisis, 1995).
Audience: persons with AIDS, HIV-positive persons
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Community Partnership Initiative,
119 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011-3629; 212-367-1206
Tuberculosis (TB): The Tuberculin Skin Test Tells: Who Is Infected?
What Does It Mean?
This brochure explains TB and TB skin testing (Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services, 1991).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons living with TB
Format: print material, 6pp
Language: English
Available from: Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services,
Office of Disease Control and AIDS Prevention, Tuberculosis Control Program,
220 Capital Circle, SE, BIN A-20, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700; 850-488-9766
Understanding Tuberculosis
This brochure, using a question-and-answer format, presents basic information
about TB (Staywell Communications, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Staywell Communications, 1100 Grundy Lane, San Bruno,
CA 94066-3030; 800-444-2015
Understanding Tuberculosis Medication:
A Reference Guide for Patients
This brochure discusses the medications used to treat TB disease and infection
(American Lung Association of Eastern Missouri, Washington University
School of Medicine, and Missouri Department of Health, 1997).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: Washington University School of Medicine, Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Clinic for Mycobacterial Diseases,
915 North Grand, Veterans Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63106; 314-362-7870
Understanding Tuberculosis (TB) Is as Easy as ABC
This brochure provides general information about TB (American Lung Associations
of Southeast Florida, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Southeast Florida, 2701 North
Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407-4526; 561-659-7644
Union Action Works: Fight TB
This information package contains fact sheets and a training workbook
to educate union members about TB (Service Employees International Union,
1995).
Audience: workplace educators, union members
Format: instructional package, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union Mailroom, 1313 L
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3443
Usual TB Treatment Plan
This chart illustrates the treatment regimen and duration for active TB
and displays the decline of the disease as treatment progresses (San Diego
County Health Department, 1996).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: chart
Language: English
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
We’re Working Together to Make North Carolina TB Free!
A Coloring and Activity Book
This coloring book provides general information about TB through the story
of a little boy whose grandmother displays some of the symptoms of TB
(North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 1998).
Audience: children
Format: coloring book, 11 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
What AIDS Agencies Really Need to Do about TB
This fact sheet recommends steps AIDS service organizations can take to
cope with TB (Anna Forbes, 1996).
Audience: organizations
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: Anna Forbes, AIDS and Women’s Health Policy Consultant,
2430 Avon Road, Ardmore, PA 19003; 610-649-8113
What is TB, Class III & IV
This brochure explains TB and its available treatments. It provides spaces
for the patient to track treatment details, including dates and names
of medications (California Tuberculosis Controllers Association, 1991).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English, Filipino, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Available from: California Tuberculosis Controllers Association, 2151
Berkeley Way, Room 608, Berkeley, CA 94704-1011; 510-883-6077
What You Need to Know About the Tuberculin Skin Test
This fact sheet explains how the tuberculin skin test is administered,
how it works, and what it shows (San Diego County Health Department, 1997).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Office of Health Promotion,
1700 Pacific Highway, Room 310, San Diego, CA 92101; 619-515-6505
What You Need to Know about Tuberculosis
This brochure describes TB transmission, diagnostic tests, and treatment
(University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 1998).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
What You Need to Know about Tuberculosis
This brochure describes TB and its transmission (New York City Department
of Health, 1995).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
What You Should Know about Tuberculosis
This brochure presents basic TB facts (New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services, 1994).
Audience: general public, consumers, persons with TB
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Department
of Communicable Disease, TB Program, P.O. Box 369, Trenton, NJ; 609-588-7522
What You Should Know about Tuberculosis (TB)
This brochure provides general facts about TB (Association of Asian Pacific
Community Health Organizations, 1997).
Audience: general public, consumers
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: Chinese (Mandarin), English, Filipino, Ilocano, Korean, Vietnamese
Available from: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations,
1440 Broadway, Suite 510, Oakland, CA 94612; 510-272-9536
You Can Beat TB
This video explains the importance of completing treatment and of directly
observed therapy (New York City Department of Health, 1996).
Audience: persons living with TB
Format: videorecording, 12 min
Language: Cantonese, English, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education, and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
You Can Beat TB: Information for Patients
This brochure is designed to convince the reader to complete a full course
of medical treatment to combat TB (New York State Department of Health,
1993).
Audience: persons with TB
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control,
Corning Tower Building, Room 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany NY 12237-0669;
518-474-4846
Your Child with Tuberculosis:
A Guide for Parents and Guardians
This monograph explains TB infection and disease in children (University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 1995).
Audience: parents
Format: print material, 46 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Your HIV Status and the TB Skin Test
This fact sheet provides general information about the TB skin test and
persons living with HIV (San Diego County Health Department, 1995).
Audience: persons living with TB, HIV-positive persons
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: San Diego County Health Department, Tuberculosis Control
Office, P.O. Box 85222, San Diego, CA 92186-5222; 619-692-8620
Professional Education
Materials in this section are directed at nurses, physicians, hospitals,
researchers, and other health professionals. Contact the issuing agency
directly for cost information.
ACOEM Issues TB Guidelines to Protect Health Care Workers
This fact sheet examines guidelines proposed by the American College of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) to make working conditions
safer for health professionals who work with persons with TB (American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1998).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
1114 North Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4770; 847-818-1800
AIDS Chicago
This HIV/AIDS surveillance newsletter, published quarterly for professionals,
also targets consumers and activists. It contains tables and graphs and
a narrative, and each issue features a cover story analyzing a selected
aspect of the epidemic in Chicago (Chicago Department of Public Health).
Audience: health professionals, consumers, activists
Format: print material, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from: Chicago Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program,
333 South State Street, Second Floor, Room 2136, Chicago, IL 60604-3972;
312-747-9810
Big Cities Health Inventory, 1994; Second Annual Big Cities Health
Conference, July 10-12, 1994
This report summarizes 18 basic health measures for the largest cities
in the U.S. and covers HIV/AIDS and TB (Chicago Department of Health,
1997).
Audience: researchers, physicians
Format: print material, 106 pp
Language: English
Available from: Chicago Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program,
333 South State Street, Second Floor, Room 200, Chicago, IL 60604-3972;
312-747-2437
California Department of Health Services and California Tuberculosis
Controllers Association: Joint Guidelines for Tuberculosis Treatment and
Control
This guideline offers comprehensive standards of evaluation and treatment
of patients with TB (California Department of Health Services, 1998).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 254 pp
Language: English
Available from: California Department of Health Services, Tuberculosis
Control Branch, P.O. Box 942732, Sacramento, CA 94234-7320; 916-324-0122
Checklist for In-Hospital Care of Patients with Active TB
This brochure provides guidelines for the diagnosis, reporting,
evaluation, treatment, and follow-up for in-hospital care of patients
with TB (New York City Health Department, 1996).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 12 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Health Department, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10007; 212-442-9968
The Choice is Ours: WHO Report on the Global Tuberculosis Epidemic,
1998
This annual report discusses DOTS as a strategy for controlling TB worldwide
(World Health Organization, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 56 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
Clinical Policies and Protocols
This monograph serves as a guideline for the diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of TB (New York City Department of Health, 1994).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 290 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
The Continuing Challenge of Tuberculosis
This report discusses TB in the United States and examines the federal
role in its control (U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment Health
Program, 1993).
Audience: health professionals, planners, legislators, federal agencies
Format: print material, 148 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network,
Document Delivery Service, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231.
Request document delivery #AD0014972.
Control of Tuberculosis in Connecticut with Special Reference to
HIV Infection: Recommendations of the Connecticut Tuberculosis Elimination
Advisory Committee: June 14, 1994
This report focuses on cases of TB among people with HIV (American Lung
Association of Connecticut, 1994).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 26 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Connecticut, 45 Ash Street,
East Hartford, CT 06108; 860-289-5401
Controlling
TB in Correctional Facilities
This monograph provides information for state and local agencies on TB
control in correctional facilities. It offers case studies of TB in correctional
facilities, treatment tables, and National Commission for Correctional
Health Care contact information (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and
TB Prevention, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, government agencies
Format: print material, 102 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know
This reference manual gives healthcare providers basic information about
TB to help in developing educational programs (CDC National Center for
HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1994).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: print material, 95 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
The Deadly Intersection Between TB and HIV
This brochure examines the relationship between HIV and TB, reviews statistical
data that support TB as the leading cause of death, and explains that
people with HIV are more susceptible to active TB (CDC National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, media
Format: print material, 3 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, P.O. Box
6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231. Request inventory item #D059.
Dear Doctor
This form letter advises doctors about the treatment of patients with
TB (Indiana State Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Indiana State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
2 North Meridian Street, Sixth Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204; 317-233-7415
Directly Observed Therapy
This fact sheet explains directly observed therapy and why it is used
in treating TB patients (Indiana State Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Indiana State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
2 North Meridian Street, Sixth Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Directly Observed Therapy and Directly Observed Preventive Therapy:
What It Is and What It Is Not
This fact sheet clarifies directly observed therapy and directly observed
preventive therapy in the treatment of TB infection and disease (University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 1997).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
The Dual Epidemics of Tuberculosis and AIDS
This compendium of 15 articles addresses TB and AIDS coinfection (American
Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, 1993).
Audience: health professionals, planners, community service professionals,
lawyers
Format: print material, 131 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, Suite 1634, Boston, MA 02215; http://www.as/me.org;
617-262-4990
The Epidemiological Profile of HIV/AIDS in Chicago
This report documents the latest trends in the HIV epidemic in Chicago.
Also included are data on cofactors of the epidemic and a sociodemographic
analysis (Chicago Department of Public Health, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, consumers, activists
Format: print material, 55 pp
Language: English
Available from: Chicago Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program,
333 South State Street, Second Floor, Room 2136, Chicago, IL 60604-3972;
312-747-9810
For Immediate Release: ACOEM Issues TB Guidelines to Protect Health
Care Workers
This fact sheet provides guidelines to make healthcare working conditions
safer from TB (American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
1998).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: print material, 67 pp
Language: English
Available from: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,1114
North Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4700; 847-818-1800
Forging Partnerships
to Eliminate Tuberculosis
This publication provides a framework for TB prevention and control programs
to use to plan new intervention strategies and strengthen existing ones
(CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1995).
Audience: managers/supervisors, health professionals, coalition members,
community organizations
Format: print material, 67 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Georgia TB Reference Guide
This monograph is a quick reference guide for physicians treating patients
with TB (Emory University School of Medicine, 1998).
Audience: hospitals, physicians
Format: print material, 73 pp
Language: English
Available from: Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious
Disease, 69 Butler Street, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616-9176
Global
Tuberculosis Control: WHO Report 1999
This annual report presents the most thorough appraisal of worldwide progress
in TB control to date (World Health Organization, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 198 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; http://www.who.int/gtb/;
011-41-22-791-3666
Guide to the Management of Opportunistic Infections
This report presents a guide to managing opportunistic infections, including
TB (Project Inform, 1995).
Audience: physicians, persons with AIDS, HIV-positive persons
Format: print material, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Project Inform, HIV Treatment Hotline, 205 13th Street,
Suite 2001, San Francisco, CA 94102; 800-822-7422
Guidelines
for the Control of Tuberculosis in Prisons
This guideline outlines a TB control program for prisons (World Health
Organization, 1998).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals, law enforcement
and correctional agencies, law enforcement and correctional personnel
Format: print material, 88 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
HIV and Tuberculosis —The Connection: Technical Guide (translated
title)
This report examines the relationships between HIV and TB and compares
infection rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Health Organization,
Pan America Health Organization, 1993).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 30 pp
Language: Spanish
Available from: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization,
525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; 202-974-3000
Improving
Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment
This booklet provides information on improving patient adherence to medication
and follow-up care by providing steps on measuring, predicting, and improving
compliance (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1994).
Audience: health services providers, health professionals
Format: print material, 56 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
An Inexpensive Antibiotic Proves Effective in Reducing Death Among
People with HIV and TB in Africa
This news release discusses an antibiotic called trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
(TMP/SMX), which reduces the number of fatalities among persons coinfected
with TB and HIV (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
1998).
Audience: health professionals, media
Format: print material, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of
Communication, Division of Media Relations, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-25,
Atlanta, GA 30333; 800-311-3435
Infectious Diseases: A Focus on Current Concepts and Emerging Therapies
in Emergency Care: Proceedings; Dearborn, Michigan, September 20–21, 1993
These proceedings of a conference on emerging therapies in emergency care
contain transcripts of presentations on a variety of topics, including
clinical manifestations of TB (Wayne State University, 1993).
Audience: health professionals, safety professionals, physicians
Format: print material
Language: English
Available from: Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Office of
Continuing Education, 4–H University Health Center, 4201 St. Antoine,
Detroit, MI 48201; 313-577-1180
Information on TB for Health Care Workers
This brochure examines the relationship between TB and healthcare workers
(New York State Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control,
Corning Tower Building, Room 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669;
518-474-4845
Information Summary 1997: The Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New
York City Department of Health
This report provides an overview of the programs and services offered
by the New York City Bureau of Tuberculosis Control. It also provides
statistics on TB in New York City (New York City Department of Health,
1995).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 26 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis,
Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New York, NY
10007; 212-442-9968
Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of Tuberculosis Screening and Management
for Refugees and Immigrants
This is the transcript of a presentation that focused on TB screening
and management of active cases and linguistic and cultural differences
between biomedicine and non-western cultures (University of Washington,
1997).
Audience: patient educators, planners, physicians, social workers,
nurses
Format: sound recording, 1 audio cassette
Language: English
Available from: University of Washington, School of Medicine, Harborview
Medical Center, AIDS Clinical Trails Unit, P.O. Box 359929, Seattle, WA;
206-731-3184
Make North Carolina TB Free
This brochure provides information about prevention and treatment resources
and educational programs offered by the North Carolina Department of Health,
Tuberculosis Control Branch (North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, 1998).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
Making North Carolina TB-Free Week
This information package is designed to educate people about TB and to
be used during "Make North Carolina TB-Free Week" (North Carolina
Department of Health and Humans Services, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, state government agencies
Format: print material, 23 pp
Language: English
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Testing
This wall chart (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
1990) and accompanying video (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention, 1991) for healthcare providers illustrates and describes proper
tuberculin testing and reading procedures.
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: poster; videorecording, 18 min
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Multidrug
Resistant Tuberculosis
This report reviews the causes, treatment, and control of multi-drug-resistant
TB and describes recent outbreaks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1994).
Audience: researchers, physicians
Format: print material, 9 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Pervasive Mycobacteria Yield Slowly to Strict Therapies
This journal article describes guidelines for treatment and prophylaxis
of mycobacterium TB (International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care,
1994).
Audience: physicians, researchers
Format: instructional package, 18 pp
Language: English
Available from: International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care,
225 West Washington Street, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60606; 312-419-7295
Pocket Guide to Antituberculosis Drugs
This brochure explains medication for treating TB (University of Texas
Health Center at Tyler, 1998).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 10 pp
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Pocket Guide to Preventive Therapy
This guide explains how to evaluate patients with TB for eligibility for
preventive therapy (University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 1998).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 73 pp
Language: English
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Policy
Statement on Preventive Therapy Against Tuberculosis in People Living
With HIV
This document gives World Health Organization (WHO) policy that emerged
from the WHO Global Tuberculosis Program conference (World Health Organization,
1998).
Audience: health professionals, government agencies
Format: print material, 28 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
Prevention and Control of Pediatric Tuberculosis in New York City:
Recommendations of the Expert Advisory Panel
This monograph serves as a guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of TB in children (New York City Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 40 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
Prevention and Control of Pediatric Tuberculosis in New York City:
Recommendations of the Expert Advisory Panel
This monograph is a guide for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
of TB in children (New York City Department of Health, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 40 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968
Prospects for Global Tuberculosis Control Under the DOTS Strategy:
Geneva, November 1998
This report reviews the potential impact of DOTS on TB worldwide (World
Health Organization, 1998).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals, health services
providers, international agencies, planners
Format: print material, 35 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
Protect Yourself Against
Tuberculosis: A Respiratory
Protection Guide for Health Care Workers
This booklet answers questions about using respirators in the healthcare
industry to prevent TB transmission (U.S. National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, pharmacists, dentists, nurses
Format: print material, 31 pp
Language: English
Available from: U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Technical Information Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226;
800-35N-IOSH. Request DHHS/NIOSH publication #96-102.
Screening for Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
This article examines the issues related to screening children and infants
for TB (American Academy of Pediatrics, 1994).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: instructional package, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Academy of Pediatrics, Department of Maternal
Child and Adolescent Health, Committee on Pediatric AIDS, 141 Northwest
Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007; 847-228-5005
Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis
This instructional package provides a series of five modules covering
epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of
TB infection and disease, and infection control. It is available online
at http://www.cdc.gov/phtn/tbmodules
(CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1995).
Audience: health professionals
Format: study guides, 7 study guides
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/phtn/tbmodules;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Stop
This brochure explains how short-term, directly observed therapy can help
cure TB and discusses the worldwide epidemiology of TB (World Health Organization,
1998).
Audience: health professionals, physicians, persons with TB
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
STOP TB at the Source: WHO Report on the Tuberculosis Epidemic,
1995
This annual report outlines the World Health Organization campaign to
stop TB (World Health Organization, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 28 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
TB Control Program
This brochure explains how to administer the Mantoux tuberculin skin test
and how to recognize the symptoms of TB (Tennessee Department of Health,
1996).
Audience: physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Tuberculosis
Control, Cordell Hull Building Room C1-102, Fourth Floor, CEDSS, Nashville,
TN 37247; 615-741-7241
TB Facts
for Health Care Workers
This brochure provides general information on TB (CDC National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1997).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
TB: A Global Emergency; WHO Report on the TB Epidemic
This annual report documents steps to be taken to address the worldwide
TB epidemic (World Health Organization, 1994).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 30 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
TB Groups at Risk: WHO Report on the Tuberculosis
Epidemic, 1996
This annual report focuses on the international incidence and prevalence
of TB (World Health Organization, 1996).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 29 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
TB/HIV: A Clinical Manual
This manual summarizes characteristics of HIV and TB and their interactions
(World Health Organization, 1996).
Audience: health professionals, health services providers
Format: print material, 136 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
TB Notes
This quarterly newsletter contains information about CDC Division of Tuberculosis
Elimination activities and includes highlights from state and local TB
programs across the country (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention).
Audience: health service providers, health professionals, hospitals
Format: print material
Language: English
Available from: CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/,
404-639-8135
TB Test Card
This card provides a record of the tuberculin skin test result and, if
the person is positive, the medical treatment being administered to the
patient (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, safety professionals, physicians
Format: print material, 1 wallet card
Language: English, Spanish
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
TB Today
This instructional package provides an outline for health professionals
about diagnosing and treating TB (Mississippi State Department of Health,
1997).
Audience: physicians, nurses, health professionals
Format: instructional package, 5 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
TB: WHO Report on the Tuberculosis Epidemic: 1997
This annual report discusses the challenges facing the use of DOTS to
treat TB in developing countries and the World Health Organization’s response
to these obstacles (World Health Organization, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies, researchers
Format: print material, 53 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
Treatment
of Tuberculosis: Guidelines for National Programmes
This monograph provides guidelines to national TB program managers, policy
makers, nongovernmental organizations, and donor agencies about the effective
management of TB control (World Health Organization, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, health services providers, mental health
professionals, pharmacists, physicians, planners
Format: print material, 78 pp
Language: English Available from: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis
Programme, 20 Avenue Appia CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland; 41-227-9126
Connecticut Hospitals: Recommendations of the Connecticut Tuberculosis
Elimination Advisory Committee
This report discusses the epidemiology of TB in Connecticut and state
control of TB through screening and medical treatment (American Lung Association
of Connecticut, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Lung Association of Connecticut, 45 Ash Street;
East Hartford, CT 06108; 203-853-9948
Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST): Standard Therapy for TB Disease
This guideline card provides directions for administering and reading
the tuberculin skin test and for standard treatment for active TB (North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 1998).
Audience: health professionals
Format: print material, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, TB Control
Program, P.O. Box 29601, Raleigh, NC 27626-0601; 919-733-7286
Tuberculosis and AIDS: The Relationship Between Mycobacterium TB
& HIV Type 1
This book discusses the treatment of patients dually diagnosed with HIV
and TB (Springer Publishing Company, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, researchers, physicians
Format: print material, 73 pp
Language: English
Available from: Springer Publishing Company, 536 Broadway, New York, NY
10012-3955; 212-431-4370
Tuberculosis Control in a Changing Health Care System: Model Contract
Specifications for Managed Care Organizations
This reprint discusses recent changes in healthcare from individual to
managed care for persons with TB (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and
TB Prevention, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, health services providers, physicians
Format: print material, 10 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb;
888-232-3228, press options 2, 5, 1, 2
Tuberculosis Control: The DOTS Strategy (Directly Observed Treatment
Short-Course): An Annotated Bibliography
This bibliography provides a list of sources about topics related to TB
and DOTS (World Health Organization, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, international agencies
Format: print material, 15 pp
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 20
Avenue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-3666
Tuberculosis at a Glance
This brochure is a quick reference guide about screening, diagnosis, and
treatment of TB (University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 1997).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 55 pp
Language: English
Available from: Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-2003;
903-877-7790
Tuberculosis at a Glance: A Reference Guide for Practitioners Covering
the Basic Elements of Tuberculosis Care
This monograph is a basic clinical guide to TB (New York City Department
of Health, 1995).
Audience: physicians
Format: print material, 54 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, Education and Training, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Box 72B, New
York, NY 10012; 212-442-9968
Tuberculosis: Current Concepts and Treatment
This book summarizes recent literature and research in the field of TB
(CRS Press, Inc., 1994).
Audience: researchers, physicians, medical schools
Format: print material, 374 pp
Language: English
Available from: CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Boulevard,
NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431; 561-994-0555
Tuberculosis Notes
This quarterly newsletter contains information about CDC Division of TB
Elimination activities and includes highlights from state and local TB
programs across the country (CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention).
Audience: health service providers, health professionals, hospitals
Format: print material
Language: English
Available from: CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/;
404-639-8135
Tuberculosis Outreach Worker Orientation Modules
This instructional package is designed for training and certifying TB
outreach workers (Mississippi State Department of Health, 1998). Audience:
health service providers
Format: print material, 13 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi State Department of Health, Tuberculosis Program,
P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-576-7700
Tuberculosis
School Nurse Handbook
This booklet discusses screening and medicating school children for TB
disease and infection (New Jersey Medical Center, 1998).
Audience: nurses
Format: print material, 30 pp
Language: English
Available from: New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center,
65 Bergen Street, Suite GB-1, Newark, NJ 07107-3001; http://www.umdnj.edu/ntbc;
973-972-0979
Tuberculosis Update and Tuberculin Skin Testing Certification
This teaching guide provides basic information about TB for health professionals
(Mississippi Department of Health, 1996).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: print material, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi Department of Health, Tuberculosis Control
Branch, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-960-7700
Tuberculosis Update and Tuberculin Skin Testing Certification:
Stop TB This brochure summarizes the contents of the teaching
guide "Tuberculosis (TB) Update and Tuberculin Skin Test Certification
Course" and explains how one can sign up for it (Mississippi Department
of Health, 1996).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: print material, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: Mississippi Department of Health, Tuberculosis Control
Branch, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700; 601-960-7700
Use DOTS More Widely! DOTS-A Breakthrough in TB Control; WHO Report
on the Tuberculosis Epidemic 1997
This information packet supports directly observed treatment, short-course
(DOTS) for the treatment of TB and counters common objections by healthcare
workers and administrators (World Health Organization, 1997). Audience:
physicians, health professionals
Format: print material, including poster
Language: English
Available from: World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales, 1211
Avenue Appia, Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND; 011-41-22-791-2111
USPPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections
in Persons Infected with Human Immundoeficiency Virus in Latin American
and the Caribbean: A Summary (translated title)
This book presents guidelines to prevent opportunistic infections such
as TB in people living with HIV. Special detail is given to diseases more
common in Latin American and the Caribbean (World Health Organization,
1997).
Audience: health professionals, researchers, physicians
Format: print material, 45 pp
Language: Spanish
Available from: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization,
Regional Office for the Americas, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC
20037; 202-974-3000 Available from: CDC Office of the Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report Series, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S C-08, Atlanta, GA 30333;
404-332-4555
What Is Positive?
This ruler aids in the measurement of induration (from the tuberculin
skin test) and acts as a reminder about positive test results and preventive
therapy for TB (Emory University School of Medicine, 1998).
Audience: health professionals
Format: ruler
Language: English
Available from: Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious
Diseases, 69 Butler Street, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616-9176
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