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A Staff Development Program: Diabetes And Tb Education And Screening, Relyndo Manalo Salcedo
A Staff Development Program: Diabetes And Tb Education And Screening, Relyndo Manalo Salcedo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is a growing body of evidence on the positive association between diabetes and tuberculosis (TB), especially in populations with low socioeconomic status. According to the CDC and the WHO, diabetes is increasingly seen as a global epidemic, one that poses a threat to global TB control. The goal of this DNP project was to develop a program to educate clinical staff on the importance of early identification of diabetic and TB patients. The logic model was chosen as the framework for this project because it allows the planner to rationally observe each stage of a project's development. The program …
The Impact Of Immigration Variables On Tuberculosis Rates In South Carolina, Lisa J. Dimitriadis
The Impact Of Immigration Variables On Tuberculosis Rates In South Carolina, Lisa J. Dimitriadis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
After HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) is the deadliest single infectious agent worldwide; globally in 2013, 1.5 million people died of the disease. Although TB infection rates in the United States are low compared to that of other countries, TB still remains a threat to public health in the U.S., especially among immigrant populations. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations between the independent variables of immigration status, years of residence, and race/ethnicity and the dependent variable of TB infection within South Carolina between 2006 and 2012. To examine these possible relationships, this quantitative study employed the ecological …