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TB Notes 2, 2003
UPDATE FROM THE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION BRANCH
What’s Up with the Prevention Effectiveness
Team in 2003?
The Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Team in the Research and Evaluation
Branch consists of a behavioral scientist (Robin Shrestha-Kuwahara),
an epidemiologist (Suzanne Marks), and two health scientists (Heather
Joseph and Noreen Qualls). We also have two prevention specialists
(Sheila Jain and Diane Lowry) working with us until mid-August,
and will be recruiting for a second behavioral scientist in the
near future. As noted below, our projects in 2003 (for which we
have lead responsibility) focus on behavioral, economic, epidemiologic,
evaluation, and health services research. We also serve as co-project
officers or collaborators on eight other projects in the Communications
and Education Branch, Field Services Branch, International Activities
office, and Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, which are not
listed here. If you would like more information about a specific
PE Team project, please feel free to contact the designated lead
project officer at (404) 639-8123.
—Submitted by Noreen L. Qualls, DrPH
Div of TB Elimination
PE Team Projects in 2003
Title
|
Primary
Objective |
Status
|
Participating
Sites |
Lead
Project Officer |
Using a Private
Claims Database for TB Health Services Research, Evaluation,
and Analysis |
To describe the
types and costs of medical encounters of persons accessing
TB services through private insurance plans |
New |
N/A |
H. Joseph |
Model for Incorporating
Voluntary HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral into TB Contact
Investigations |
To compare the
outcomes and costs of offering HIV CTR to close contacts of
infectious TB cases in the Manhattan Network |
Continuing – TBESC
Task Order #4 |
New York City,
NY |
S. Marks |
Improving TB Services
for Persons with HIV Infection: Documenting Success |
To assess LTBI
screening and treatment policies and practices among select
Ryan White HIV/AIDS CARE providers |
New |
3 sites TBD |
S. Marks |
Assessing TB Program
Resources for TB Elimination |
To measure the
current supply of TB program resources in high and low demand
areas and compare with forecasted TB resources demand |
New |
20 sites TBD |
S. Marks |
Evaluation of
CDC-Funded Targeted Testing and Treatment of LTBI Programs
in Select State and Local TB Control Programs |
To develop a prototype
systematic approach to evaluate targeted testing and treatment
of LTBI programs for high-risk persons |
New |
6 sites TBD |
N. Qualls |
Perceptions of
TB among Foreign-Born Persons: An Ethnographic Study |
To ascertain TB-related
beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors among select foreign-born
communities |
Continuing |
Denver, CO
Atlanta, GA
St. Paul, MN
1 additional site TBD |
R. Shrestha-Kuwahara
|
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