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Haiti Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals Working with Foreign-Born Clients Abstract The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Haiti. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases. A portion of the guide also provides information regarding polite greetings to use when meeting a person from this country, verbal and non-verbal communication, naming customs, cultural values, and internet links to translated educational materials for your clients. This information will enable you to employ a more culturally relativistic approach to client interviews, TB contact investigations, diagnostic procedures, and patient education and counseling regarding both TB and HIV. Publisher Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center Box 103600 Gainesville, FL 32610-3600 Main Phone: (352) 273-7682 Toll Free Number: (888) 265-7682 http://sntc.medicine.ufl.edu/ Publication Date 2009 Author Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center Format Manual Physical Description 24 p.: mono, ill.; refs. Language English Country of Origin United States Audiences Health Educators/Communicators, Health Professionals, Nurses, Outreach Workers, Physicians Document URL HTML: http://sntc.medicine.ufl.edu/Products.asp x PDF: http://sntc.medicine.ufl.edu/Files/Produc ts/Country%20Guide%20-%20Haiti.pdf Topic Cultural Competence, Foreign-born/Immigrant Notes The Introduction and each guide (Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Mexico, Philippines, Somalia, Vietnam, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, and Myanmar) are available on the HTML website. The PDF file address links to Haiti only. Additional country guides are currently in development for the following countries: South Korea, Peru, Cuba, Nicaragua, Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran. To order this material, contact the Organization in the Available From field. To view this material online, click the link in the Document URL field. Disclaimer: The information on the TB Education and Training Resources Web Site is made available as a public service. Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the National Prevention Information Network endorses the organizations, Web sites, and materials presented. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate this information prior to use based on individual, community, and organizational needs and standards.