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Progress In Fighting TB Capstone Project

¶ … Cegielski, J., Griffith, D.E., McGaha, P.K., Wolfgang, M., Robinson, C.B., Clark, P.A., & ... Wallace, C. (2013). Eliminating Tuberculosis One Neighborhood at a Time. American Journal Of Public Health, 103(7), 1292-1300. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300781 This article covers the rate in which people have at least residual amounts of tuberculosis and how to best address the spread of TB from one neighborhood to another. The article covers how local health departments track and deal with TB (and similar diseases) as they arise and come up.

de Sa, L., Luiza Castro Gomes, A., do Carmo, J., de Souza, K., Palha, P., Alves, R., & de Andrade, S. (2013). Health education in tuberculosis control: the perspective of Family Health strategy professionals [Portuguese]. Revista Eletronica De Enfermagem, 15(1), 103-111. doi:10.5216/ree.v15i1.15246.

This study covers the concept of teaching and preparing future health professionals...

(2011). The social determinants of tuberculosis: from evidence to action. American Journal Of Public Health, 101(4), 654-662. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.199505
This article looks at the social factors and components that lead to an aggravation (or mitigation) of the spread of TB from patient to patient. There is a strong focus on how TB can spread in disadvantaged groups.

King, M. (2011). Four Responsibilities of the Tuberculosis Nurse, Circa 1919. Public Health Nursing, 28(5), 469-472. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00975.x

This article looks at the four major arcs and parts of the treatment of TB nearly a century ago when TB was much more of a threat of death and so forth.

More needs to be done to eliminate TB. (2014). World of…

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This article describes that tuberculosis, often referred to as TB, is spread via the air we breathe and this can cause it to be challenging to control. A study was conducted of nearly 1,400 students in which one student and some of his immediate family members contracted the disease. No deaths occurred but the event was certainly a test case.

Trends in tuberculosis - United States, 2010. (2011). MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 60(11), 333-337.

This report from the United States talks about the trends and patterns relating to TB as they were in 2010 with the United States being the focal point but other countries being covered and mentioned as well. There is a differentiation in statistics between native-born Americans and immigrants as that obviously has a bearing on infection rates due to the conditions of the source countries.
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