Progress in Fighting TB

¶ … 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 to assist with TB prevention and treatment for future years and generations.

Hargreaves, J.R., Boccia, D., Evans, C.A., Adato, M., Petticrew, M., & Porter, J.H. (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 Irish Nursing & Midwifery, 22(3), 63.

This is a brand new article from the Irish world of nursing about what can and should be done to more aggressively treat and prevent TB in patients both in the developed world and the developing world.

Orme, I. (2013). Vaccine Development for Tuberculosis: Current Progress. Drugs, 73(10), 1015-1024. doi:10.1007/s40265-013-0081-8

This article covers the current progress towards getting an effective and wide-ranging vaccine for tuberculosis. The focus on a TB vaccine is heavy because its efficacy in preventing TB's spread and growth would be far more effective than dealing with infected patients.

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a High School and School-Based Supervision of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen for Preventing Tuberculosis - Colorado, 2011-2012. (2013). MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 62(39), 805-809.

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.