Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases: Tuberculosis
HPE 1004 - Introduction to Epidemiology
University of Cincinnati
November 30, 2023
Introduction
Communicable diseases represent an almost inescapable phenomenon,
especially in the modern setting of the global community where
members of different social classes and economic background can
converse. With the advent of tuberculosis and the threats that it has
created, the global panic seems to have reached its peak, the world is
in desperate need for guidelines in increasing health levels and
developing an understanding of the tuberculosis infection, the threats
that it poses to average citizens, and the ways of avoiding tuberculosis
contraction.
Disease Description
Tuberculosis as a potentially fatal disease has been known for a while,
gaining an extraordinarily poor reputation as one of the leading causes
of death at some point. Therefore, knowing the factors that trigger the
development of tuberculosis, as well as the symptoms that allow
diagnosing the disease and the existing treatment options that allow
fighting it is essential. According to Öhd et al. (2019), tuberculosis
may come in two forms, namely, active and latent TB. The latter is
particularly dangerous since it remains formant for a certain period of
time until it is activated and begins its destructive activity (Öhd et al.,
2019). While the dormant TB does not have any specific symptoms
and is extraordinarily rate to spot, the active one can be identified by
noticing the symptoms such as the cough that lasts up to three weeks
and results in a patient spitting blood; chest pain and fatigue; night
sweats and loss of appetite. When observing at least two of the listed
issues simultaneously, on should visit a doctor and ensure that the
latter immediately runs the necessary tests to establish whether a
patient has tuberculosis.
Being a respiratory disease in the first place, tuberculosis is
transferred as a droplet infection, namely, as people inhale the air that
contains the virus. The specified method of disease contraction is
particularly difficult to control for obvious reasons, which is why
tuberculosis is quite hard to spot at its early stage and, thus, very
difficult to manage. However, treatments against tuberculosis exist
and can be considered quite effective.
Although tuberculosis used to be very difficult to treat not so long
ago, it is currently quite manageable as long as patients address
healthcare services before the disease progresses to the point where it
can no longer be handled. As a rule, tuberculosis requires immediate
and rather harsh actions, which include antimicrobial drugs such as
isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), ethambutol (EMB), and
pyrazinamide (PZA) (Zhang, Shi, Feng, Zhang, & Zhang, 2017). The
specified four medications constitute the core of the approved
treatment options for tuberculosis. The current mortality rates for
tuberculosis make 3%, which is a slight improvement compared to
previous years (World Health Organization, 2020). In turn, the levels
of morbidity have dropped to 12% (World Health Organization,
2020). The current incidence among the target groups makes 169
cases per 100,000 people, whereas the prevalence constitutes 57%
(World Health Organization, 2020). The specified trend can be
considered as a positive shift in the spreading of the disease, yet the
speed of progress needs to be increased.
Due to the high contagion levels and the effects that tuberculosis has
on patients’ immune system, children and aging people are under
particularly high threat. Moreover, underprivileged members of
society, which may include homeless people and people living in
poverty, are also under significant danger as far as the development of
the disease is concerned (Alffenaar et al., 2017). Each of the specified
populations has its unique characteristics, yet they share the one of
being exposed to the threat of tuberculosis to the greatest extent due to
the weaknesses in their immune systems (Alffenaar et al., 2017).
Therefore, the specified members of local communities should be seen
as the main target of the campaign aimed at preventing and fighting
tuberculosis.
Social Determinants of Health
Although the risk of contracting the tuberculosis virus cannot be
obliterated completely, there are several crucial social determinants of
health that lead to minimizing the threat of tuberculosis in most
vulnerable groups. First and most obvious, the focus on financing the
healthcare support for the said populations needs to be mentioned
among the key determinants of health. The specified factor belongs to
the range of political ones due to the necessity to establish a statewide
chain of healthcare services that offer free testing and diagnosis. In
addition, the presence of equipment that allows for high-quality
bacteriology testing is also on the list of key health determinants.
Another important factor that leads to effective management of public
health is the well-developed treatment framework paired with patient
support. Consequently, regular drug supply and systems for
monitoring the target audiences are the remaining two social
determinants of health, which hinge upon the extent of technological
development within the target community, as well as the presence of
decent financing in it.
Epidemiologic Triangle
The concept of the epidemiologic triangle was introduced into the
contemporary medicine in order to study the development of a disease
and the manner in which it spreads within a specific community.
Therefore, a traditional epidemiologic triangle contains three main
elements, which are the agent the host, and the environment. In the
specified framework, the agent represents the virus or bacterium that
causes the disease, whereas the host includes the types of organisms
that can contract the specified agent (Khan, 2017). In turn, the
environment incorporates the factors that contribute to the spread of
the virus and the development of the epidemiologic outbreak within a
specific community (Onuka et al., 2018). However, since there are
several types of tuberculosis, applying the specified model to the
disease may be quite difficult.
In case of tuberculosis, the agent is represented by the TB organism,
namely, the virus that incites the process of tuberculosis development.
However, since there are several strains of tuberculosis, several
variations of the epidemiologic triangle exist, each being represented
by a specific type of an agent (Rachlis et al., 2016). Approaching the
issue from a generalized perspective, one may represent the agent by
the tuberculosis organism as a generic concept of a virus that causes
the disease (Meehan et al., 2018). As far as the host is concerned,
nearly every community member falls under the category of a possible
victim of tuberculosis (Rachlis et al., 2016). Indeed, the disease is
highly contagious and will not spare anyone once it reaches the scale
of an epidemic (Meehan et al., 2018). One could argue that homeless
people, children, and aging people, as well as those that represent the
underserviced population are at the higher risk of contagion (Meehan
et al., 2018). Moreover, people with low immunity, patients with
comorbid diseases, and undernourished people are especially
vulnerable to the virus (Rachlis et al., 2016). Finally, the environment
in which tuberculosis becomes rampant can be described as that one
with bad sanitation and poor ventilation. In addition, the density of the
place, namely, the presence of multiple people and the lack of space,
is a huge factor in contracting tuberculosis (Meehan et al., 2018). As
shown in Figure 1, these are the main elements of the epidemiological
triangle for tuberculosis. Although there are several types of
tuberculosis, the specified ones are the most common elements of the
triangle, which one is likely to come across in most cases.
Figur
e 1. Tuberculosis: Epidemiologic Triangle.
Given the fact that the epidemiologic triage depicted above points
specifically to poor living conditions and economic concerns, namely,
the presence of poverty and the lack of resources, the specific issues
should be central to the development of the program that will allow
addressing the needs of the target population. While the age issue
mentioned above should also be taken into account as a critical
characteristic of the vulnerable groups, one should also ensure that
people from disadvantaged communities and remote areas receive the
maximum support. Providing assistance to the specified population
will require offering extensive social support and financing, which is
why it will be necessary to locate investors.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
Role of the Community Health Nurse
When addressing the issue of tuberculosis, a community health nurse
needs to assume several roles, including the one f an educator, the role
of a leader, and the one of healthcare services provider. Namely, a
nurse will have to provide the target population with an opportunity to
test for the possibility of tuberculosis, as well as offer exhaustive,
detailed information about the symptoms o the disease and the
methods of managing it. Since the problem of literacy stands
particularly prominently in the target demographic, mostly due to the
lack of enthusiasm and access to learning, it is the responsibility of a
nurse to ensure that the required knowledge is cemented in vulnerable
populations. Moreover, as a nurse, one has to offer an unlimited
access to testing options, including X-raying, sputum samples, the TB
skin test, and the TB blood test.
The latter two tests represent a particularly important part of
addressing tuberculosis and determining the extent of the disease
progress. However, a nurse has to remember that both of the tests
above do not allow confirming exactly whether a patient has
tuberculosis o not; instead, they show the presence of TB bacteria in a
patient’s body (Rachlis et al., 2016). Therefore, in case the skin or
blood test delivers the results that may imply the presence of the
disease in the patient, it is essential to continue testing by offering
them X-raying or sampling the patient’s sputum in order to state with
certainty that the observed issues a case of tuberculosis.
National Agency
As a global concern, tuberculosis has been the focus of attention and
research of multiple global and national health organizations. The
National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) is one of the
best-known agencies that deal with the problem of tuberculosis on the
nationwide scale (The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association,
n.d.).Being a part of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), NTCA follows a coherent and homogenous framework for
managing the issue of tuberculosis and increasing awareness
concerning the disease among vulnerable groups. However, given the
current rates of tuberculosis contraction, the undertaken measures do
not seem to be enough (Zhang et al., 2018). Indeed, according to the
WHO report, tuberculosis has not become any less of a problem
despite the efforts to educate communities (World Health
Organization, 2020). Specifically, while there has been a 2% change
in the global rates of tuberculosis contagion, the expected 4% drop set
in the Healthy People 2020 project has not been achieved, which
means that more efforts have to be put to attaining the goal of global
public health improvement.
Global Implication
Although tuberculosis cannot be considered a new threat to the well-
being of the community, its persistence, especially in impoverished
areas, is a rather troubling sign. Therefore, the global implications of
introducing services with a greater extent of access for disadvantaged
members of the community are likely to be quite positive and
substantial. Moreover, the focus on education and the promotion of
health literacy among target audiences will allow detecting the cases
of tuberculosis comparatively early and address them appropriately
before the disease spins out of control and takes the size of an
epidemic. Additional options for free or, at the very least, cheaper
screenings will lead to a drop in the extent of disease contagion,
which, in turn, will help to reduce the levels of mortality and allow to
Conclusion
Although tuberculosis has gained massive notoriety within the first
several months of is premiere, a lot of people remain unaware or
uncertain of the effects that the disease produces, the symptoms with
which it manifests itself, and the changes that it causes to a patient,
including the challenges and multiple complications that it means for
an individual’s health (Zhang et al., 2018). Among the key dangers
that the tuberculosis virus represents, the fact that it is prone to
mutations and, therefore, may not be identified as such during the first
stages of its development represents the greatest threat to the
promotion of public health and the management of the disease.
Therefore, there is an urgent need in providing the target audience
with health education and key information so that they could improve
the levels of their health literacy. With the focus on promoting
awareness, people will develop the behaviors that will allow reducing
the rates of the disease contagion and, thus, help to fight tuberculosis
effectively.
Moreover, a well-developed testing system that will allow
determining the cases of tuberculosis fast and with high degree of
trustworthiness needs to be established so that vulnerable groups
could use it accordingly. Presently, people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, mainly homeless people, as well as those living in
poverty, are particularly susceptible to the contraction of the disease.
Therefore, opportunities for people with low financial resources have
to be provided so that tuberculosis could be eradicated from local
communities.
In addition, the fact that the disease affects children and aging people
particularly strongly needs to be brought up as an important piece of
information that should shape the framework for patient education.
Namely, parents and legal guardians should be provided with clear
and accurate information about the factors leading to the contraction
of tuberculosis, as well as the key symptoms and the sources of
support that parents with TB children can use. Similarly, information
and support services have to be established of aging people so that
they could access it freely. Given the difficulties with mobility of the
target demographic, introducing digital services such as online
consultations, as well as the opportunities for contacting healthcare
representatives by phone has to be offered. The latter may be needed
in the scenarios in which aging people may have difficulties using
digital tools to access the required assistance.
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