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This 90-minute webinar presentation helps health care professionals and service providers to recognize and appropriately manage the TB-related health needs of their clients. The webinar describes how substance abuse, mental health and incarceration increase TB risk among unstably housed individuals and identifies measures to improve housing or stabilize social situations for individuals with TB infection or disease.

This presentation was created by Dr. Julie Higashi, TB Controller of San Francisco City and County. In it she explores San Francisco’s homeless TB screening program, TB program costs, and San Francisco’s innovative CHANGES system which has assisted SF TB control with targeted contact investigations in this population.

This handout of slides presented by Dr. Sapna Bamrah Morris at the 2014 National TB Controller Conference in Atlanta defines the problem of TB in people experiencing homeless as well as offering best practice suggestions for dealing with TB in this vulnerable population.

This presentation gives an overview of TB in the homeless population and includes basic information on TB transmission, infection control recommendations for shelters, and information on a large urban TB outbreak among homeless persons.

This webinar, presented by the Global TB Institute at Rutgers University, explores the health factors that coexist with tuberculosis among homeless persons, as well as successful strategies for the prevention and control of tuberculosis among homeless persons in the US. In particular, it elucidates the partnership between health departments and agencies that serve the homeless to improve the coordination of clinical care and contact investigation outcomes. The format includes an overview of the situation, the perspective of shelter staff, and a case study of collaboration between a local health department, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and homeless services providers.

This presentation was created by Kathleen Murphy Shuton, RN, PHN and gives a general overview of the intersection of public health and social service providers in San Francisco, CA. It includes tips on training shelter staff and poster templates to be used in shelter settings.

This interactive online course, created by CDC in association with the Regional TB Training Centers, is designed to educate newly hired TB program staff, health care workers in areas related to TB (HIV, corrections), and those who may work with TB patients in their work settings (like homeless shelters) and wish to know more about basic concepts related to TB prevention and control in the United States.

The purpose of this interactive case-based learning tool is to engae advanced practice nurses, public health nurses, nurse case managers and TB clinical nurses in learning about an outbreak of TB among the homeless.

This webinar, presented by the Global TB Institute at Rutgers University, covers resources that can be utilized to assist at-risk TB patients through a multiple layer approach that looks at TB patients as individuals. Strategies practitioners can use to enhance services through system-wide interventions, and through program collaborations are aslo discussed.

This webinar, presented by the Global TB Institute at Rutgers University, explores successful and innovative approaches to working with these two hard-to-reach groups. Experts from the region share hands-on experiences and practical tools that can improve case management, treatment outcomes, and contact investigations.