Northeastern Spotlight

CONTENTS:

• Dear Colleague
• World TB Day
• New Ways to Communicate
• Recently Released Products
• Upcoming Training Courses
• Medical Consultation
• Faculty Profile: Dr. Marian Passannante
• Links-Other TB Resources
• Other RTMCCS
• Key Contacts

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CONTENTS:

• Behavioral/Social Science Contribution to TB Control: Medication Preferences
• Dr. Lee Reichman Honored with 2012 World Lung Health Award
• Profile: Dalit Wolfe, RN, BSN, MPH—TB Program Manager for Maine
• The Wild Side of TB: Fighting Endemic M. bovis in Michigan
• Old Card, New Information
• Enhancing TB Services for Foreign-Born Clients in New York City
• A Look Back at Maryland TB Today

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CONTENTS:

• Product Spotlight: TB & Cultural Competency Newsletters
• Behavioral/Social Science Article: Latent TB and Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican-Americans
• Profile—Lisa Paulos, RN, MPH, Pennsylvania TB Program Manager
• Recently Archived Webinars on TB Among the Homeless and Extra-Pulmonary TB
• Philadelphia Honors World TB Day with New Partners
• The Lighter Side: More TB on TV

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CONTENTS:

• Spotlight Article on NYC DOH Foreign-Born Initiative
• Staff Profile: Carol Browning, RN, MS, Consultant Public Health Nurse, Rhode Island Department of Health
• Pennsylvania TB Update – 2011
• Contact Investigation Materials Available from GTBI
• Lighter Side: The Statue of Liberty's TB Connection
• Medical Consultation NE RTMCC
• Training Courses Planned for 2011

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CONTENTS:

• Spotlight Article on NYC DOH Foreign-Born Initiative
• Staff Profile: Carol Browning, RN, MS, Consultant Public Health Nurse, Rhode Island Department of Health
• Pennsylvania TB Update – 2011
• Contact Investigation Materials Available from GTBI
• Lighter Side: The Statue of Liberty's TB Connection
• Medical Consultation
• NE RTMCC Training Courses Planned for 2011

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CONTENTS:

• Dr. Lee Reichman receives the William Stead Clinician Award
• Behavioral/Social Science Contribution to TB Control: Electronic Tools to Monitor Medication Adherence
• Staff Profile: Peter Davidson, PhD, Michigan TB Control Program Manager
• Fighting TB in New York City
• Newly Released Products: Update to LTBI: A Guide for Primary Health Care Providers and a Spanish-language Version of What Parents Need to Know about LTBI in Children
• Lighter Side: TB on TV

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CONTENTS:

• Webinar Series on Cohort Review Process
• Spotlight article: Behavioral/Social Science Contribution to TB Control - Incentives and Enablers in TB Control
• Incorporating Tuberculosis into Public Health Core Curricula
• RTMCC Needs Assessment – Part I
• Profile: Sue Etkind, RN, MS, Director of the Massachusetts Division of TB Prevention and Control
• CDC Releases Menu of Suggested State TB Laws
• Lighter Side

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CONTENTS:

• Watsonian Society Honors Lee Reichman
• It's Not About Location: Moving the Live TB Program Managers Workshop to a Distance Format
• The Use of Peer Workers in TB Control
• Staff Profile: Maureen Murphy, RN, BSN -- Ohio TB Control Program Manager
• New Product: Delivering HIV Rapid Test Results—Video and Discussion Guide
• CDC Updates IGRA Guidelines
• The Lighter Side: Sanatorium Comics

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CONTENTS:

• Current Behavioral/Social Science Studies in Tuberculosis – Part 4: TB Among African-Americans in the Southeast
• On the Move Against TB: Rhode Island Providers Flock to World TB Day Training
• TB Education from a New Perspective: Our Course on Radiology
• Staff Profile: Stephen E. Hughes, PhD - Assistant Director, New York State Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
• Revision of the "Tuberculosis Handbook for School Nurses"
• Federal Training Center Collaborative
• Lighter Side

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CONTENTS:

• Current Behavioral/Social Science Studies in Tuberculosis – Part 3: Providers Serving the Foreign Born
• CDC Division of TB Elimination Announces Launch of TB GIMS in Spring 2010
• Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: What TB Programs Need to Know
• Staff Profile: Jill Fournier, RN Program Manager, New Hampshire TB Program
• Tuberculosis Control in Substance Abuse Treatment Centers: Training the Workforce about a New Policy
• TB Intensive Workshop – On the Road Again…
• Lighter Side

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CONTENTS:

• Staff Profile: Jeanette Rodman's Long Trek to the TB World
• Pushing it Up a Notch: Advanced TB Training for Clinicians
• New Archived Webinar: Working Effectively with Diverse Populations
• Bacteria with Fangs: The Story of the New England Vampires

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CONTENTS:

• GTBI Hosts Its Third TBMedical Consultants Meeting
• Staff Profile: Chrispin Kambili, M.D.
• Current Behavioral/Social Science Studies in Tuberculosis – Part 2: TB in the Foreign Born
• Sunny Maine Harbor and Distinguished Faculty Boosts Attendance at Annual TB Clinician's Conference
• Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Guide for the Primary Care Provider – Revised Edition
• TB Trivia – Who Is It?

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CONTENTS:

• Three New/Revised GTBI Products
• Spotlight on Behavioral/Social Science: Current TB Studies
• Staff Profile: Lee B. Reichman, MD, MPH
• On the Lighter Side: Bow Tie Puzzler
• Training Courses: Empowering Case Managersy

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CONTENTS:

• Essential Infection Control Practices for TB Program Staff
• How Behavioral/Social Sciences Research Informed HIV Interventions and Implications for TB Control
• Staff Profile: Diane Brookes, RN, BSN
• On the Lighter Side: Match the Composer

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CONTENTS:

• TB Case Management: The Maine Perspective
• Spotlight on Behavioral/Social Science: Historical Contribution to TB Control
• Staff Profile: John Bernardo, MD - Massachusetts
• GTBI Hosts TB Expert Network Conference TB Products: Updated Monograph
• On the Lighter Side: TB Puzzler

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CONTENTS:

• TB Intensive Workshop – On the Road
• Staff Profile: Nancy G. Baruch
• Spotlight on Behavioral/Social Science
• Northeastern Regional Medical Consultation Service, 2007
• Medical Consultation
• On the Lighter Side: Match the Baseball Player with Bio Sketch

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CONTENTS:

• Training Course: Surgical Interventions
• Staff Profile: George D. McSherry, MD
• World TB Day
• On the Lighter Side: Tuberculosis Sanatoriums in the Northeastern Region

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CONTENTS:

• RTMCC Launches Two Cultural Competency Training Courses
• Staff Profile: Dr. Bonita T. Mangura
• 2007 Northeast TB Controllers' Conference: Integrating Research into Practice Across the Region
• GTBI Hosts Its Second Annual TB Medical Consultants Meeting
• On The Lighter Side - Match the Author with the Bio Sketc

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CONTENTS:

• Training Courses: TST Train the Trainer Workshop
• RTMCC Advisory Council
• On The Lighter Side - Match the Artist with the Bio Sketch

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CONTENTS:

• TB Products: Revised TB Treatment Cards
• Staff Profile: Indiana: Sarah Burkholder, RN, MPH
• Training Course: TB Intensive Workshop
• On the Lighter Side: Match the Composer

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CONTENTS:

• Web-Based Training Seminars
• Staff Profile: Profiles in TB Prevention & Control - Heidi Jenkins, Connecticut
• On The Lighter Side: Match the Movie with the Storyline

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CONTENTS:

• 2006 Northeast TB Controllers Meeting
• Training Course: Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
• On the Lighter Side - TB Trivia

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CONTENTS:

• RTMCC Hosts Its First TB Medical Consultants Meeting
• Staff Profile: Nikki Pritchett, MPH
• New Hampshire's Customized Efforts
• An Ohio/RTMCC Training Collaboration
• QuantiFERON-TB Gold Education

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CONTENTS:

• Staff Profile: Dr. Alfred A. Lardizabal
• TB Clinical Conference for Physicians
• Eliminating Tuberculosis Case by Case: An Educational Initiative by New England TB Programs
• Maryland TB Today Training Course
• Understanding the TB Cohort Review Process: Instruction Guide and Video (or DVD)
• Educating Health Care Workers for TB Interviewing for Contact Investigation
• Treating the HIV and TB Co-Infected Patient in the Correctional Setting – A New Training Product
• On The Lighter Side: TB Trivia - Who am I?

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CONTENTS:

• Needs Assessment
• TB Program Staff Profile - Carmen Priddy, RN
• Staff Profile: Dr. Reynard J. McDonald
• Medical Consultation - How the RTMCC Serves the Region
• TB Trivia -Who Is It?

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