Tuberculosis Patient Education
Below you will find some patient education resources about TB. Some have been culturally tailored to a specific population, some are brochures that have been translated into different languages. We have included links to a number of databases and websites across the country that provide information about TB in a variety of languages and media formats.
TB Materials on Ethnomed
- Somali Tuberculosis Patient Education
A Somali language audio recording to be used as an educational tool to introduce the topic of TB. - Pills to Prevent TB
- 3 page pamphlet includes target language/English
English/Oromo English/Somali
Similar pamphlet, 6 pages, scanned document from AAPCHO
English/Chinese English/Khmer English/Korean English/Spanish English/Tagalog English/Vietnamese
- The Tuberculosis Skin Test
- English/Somali English/Spanish English/Vietnamese
- Tuberculosis: Get the Facts
- Source: CDC information on EthnoMed
English Somali Spanish Vietnamese
Additional languages of this brochure are available from the
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
TB Materials: Databases
Refugee Health Information Network
Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN) provides a database of quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. There are a number of TB listings, including many of the ones listed below.
Centers for Disease Control
CDC has a good search tool for TB Education and Training Materials.
TB Materials: Other Websites
This is a list of TB patient education materials available in many languages on other websites. In general, we have linked to the main TB pages or titles of materials on these websites, along with languages available.
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- What You Should Know about Tuberculosis
- Chinese | English | Ilocano | Korean | Tagalog | Thai | Vietnamese
- Get the Facts
- Chinese | Korean | Tagalog | Vietnamese
Healthy Roads Media
The following materials in a variety of multimedia formats can be accessed at: Healthy Roads Media TB topic page .
The following information available in:
English, Arabic, French, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
- Do I Need a TB Skin Test?
- TB and BCG
- TB Disease - You Need Treatment to make you Well
- TB and HIV A Dangerous Partnership
- What is a TB Test?
- What You Should Know about Taking TB Medicines
Minnesota Department of Health
The following information is available in:
English, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, French, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Laotian, Nepali, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tibetan, Vietnamese
- Active Tuberculosis
- Instructions for collecting Sputum for TB
- The TB Skin Test (Mantoux)
- Treatment for Latent TB Infection
- TB Contact Investigations
Nashville, TN Health Department Program
The following materials can be accessed at: Nashville Health Department TB Site
- STOP TB
- English | Burmese | Nepali | Swahili
- TB Get the Facts
- English | Burmese | Nepali | Swahili
New York University Center for Immigrant Health
- How to Fight TB
- English | Bengali | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Creole | French | Korean | Russian | Spanish | Tibetan | Urdu
Public Health Seattle & King County
The following materials can be accessed at: Public Health Seattle & King County's TB Page
- Common Questions about TB
- Chinese | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Vietnamese
San Francisco Department of Public Health
The following materials can be accessed at: San Francisco Department of Public Health TB Clinic web site
- What is Tuberculosis?
- English | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- I have been exposed to TB: What do I do now?
- English | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- What do I need to know about Latent TB Infection?
- English | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
- What do I need to know about Active TB Disease?
- English | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
Virginia Department of Health
The following materials can be accessed at:Virginia Department of Health TB Site
- Just the Facts about BCG and TB
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Koran | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- Do I Need a TB Skin Test?
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- Stop TB Infection Before it Makes you Sick
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- TB and HIV: A Dangerous Partnership
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- TB Disease: You Need Treatment to Make you Well
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- What is a TB Skin Test?
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
- What You Should Know About Taking TB Medicines
- English | Amharic | Arabic | Chinese (Traditional Script) | Farsi | Hindi | Indonesian | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigrinya | Urdu | Vietnamese
