Tuberculosis and homelessness : Workshop on Tuberculosis and Homelessness : infection control measures in homeless shelters and other overnight facilities that provide shelter summary of the workshop held September 28–29, 2015

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• Personal Author:
  France, Anne Marie ; Silk, Benjamin ; Smith, C. Kay ; Powell, Krista ; Wortham, Jonathan ; Schmit, Kristine ; Haddad, Maryam ; Althomsons, Sandy ; Morris, Sapna Bamrah
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. ; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Tuberculosis and Homelessness Workshop Workgroup.
• Description:
  To address challenges associated with TB control among persons experiencing homelessness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of TB Elimination hosted a workshop on TB and homelessness in September 2015. The workshop brought together public health officials, staff from homeless facilities, and other stakeholders to understand and discuss barriers to and strategies for implementing infection control measures in facilities providing services to homeless persons and to highlight resources available to prevent and reduce homelessness.
  
  Suggested Citation: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Workshop on tuberculosis and homelessness: infection control measures in homeless shelters and other overnight facilities that provide shelter: summary of the workshop held September 28–29, 2015. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases, NCHHSTP; 2018.
  
  TB_and_Homelessness_2015_Summit.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Ill-Housed Persons Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Tuberculosis
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  35 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:df0a4aed6f9b456c4be53fd09039deab350eb1810fc5fac3a7eef8752552322c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123847/cdc_123847_DS1.pdf
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