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Translated TB Patient Education Materials

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Several sites include patient education material on Tuberculosis in different languages. The list below identifies some of the topics available, the organization or site it comes from (including a link), and the different languages options, with English listed first.

TB Materials on Ethnomed

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
Source:  On EthnoMed, 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
Source: On EthnoMed
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: Database Collections

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:  Outside Resources

This is a list of outside links that include TB patient education materials in many languages. The links are generally to a main page of the topic so you can see what languages are offered.

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

AAPCHO is a national association representing community health organizations dedicated to improving the health status and access of Asian Americans & Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

What You Should Know about Tuberculosis
Chinese | English | Ilocano | Korean | Tagalog | Thai | Vietnamese
Get the Facts
Chinese | Korean | Tagalog | Vietnamese

Healthy Roads Media

Healthy Roads Media has the following TB materials in a variety of multimedia formats.

Do I Need a TB Skin Test?
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
TB and BCG
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
TB Disease - You Need Treatment to make you Well
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
TB and HIV A Dangerous Partnership
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
What is a TB Test?
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
What You Should Know about Taking TB Medicines
English | Arabic | French | Korean | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese

Minnesota Department of Health

Active Tuberculosis
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
English | Amharic | Arabic | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian | Hmong | Karen | Khmer |  Lao |  Oromo  | Russian  |  Somali  |  Spanish  |  Tibetan  |  Vietnamese 

Instructions for collecting Sputum for TB
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
English  | Amharic | Arabic | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian | Hmong | Karen | Khmer |  Lao |  Oromo  | Russian  |  Somali  |  Spanish  |  Tibetan  |  Vietnamese
The TB Skin Test (Mantoux)
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
English | Amharic | Arabic | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian | Hmong | Karen | Khmer |  Lao |  Oromo  | Russian  |  Somali  |  Spanish  |  Tibetan  |  Vietnamese
Treatment for Latent TB Infection
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
English | Amharic | Arabic | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian |  Hmong | Karen | Khmer |  Lao |  Oromo  | Russian  |  Somali  |  Spanish  |  Tibetan  |  Vietnamese
TB Contact Investigations
Source: Minnesota Department of Public Health
English | Amharic | Arabic | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian |  Hmong | Karen | Khmer |  Lao |  Oromo  | Russian  |  Somali  |  Spanish  |  Tibetan  |  Vietnamese

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

Public Health Seattle & King County

Common Questions about TB
Public Health Seattle & King County Tuberculosis Pages. 
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