Introduction -- Background -- Tips for providing culturally competent tuberculosis services to Hmong persons from Laos -- 1: Lao Hmong history and immigration to the United States -- 2: Overview of Lao Hmong culture -- 3: The Health of persons from Laos -- 4: Common perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs about tuberculosis among the Lao Hmong -- Conclusion -- -- Appendix A: Using Kleinman's questions to understand patients' perceptions of tuberculosis -- Appendix B: Tips for working with interpreters -- Appendix C: Tuberculosis and cultural competence resources -- Appendix D: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study summary -- Appendix E: Glossary of Hmong terms -- Appendix F: Tuberculosis screening policies for persons overseas -- Appendix G: References

"Promoting Cultural Sensitivity: A Practical Guide for Tuberculosis Programs That Provide Services to Hmong Persons from Laos is one guide in a series that aims to help tuberculosis (TB) program staff provide culturally competent TB care to some of our highest priority foreign-born populations. Other guides in the series focus on people from China, Mexico, Vietnam, and Somalia. This guide is intended for health care providers, community-based workers, program planners, administrators, health educators, and resettlement agencies that work with Lao Hmong (pronounced "Mung") communities. This guide is designed to increase the knowledge and cultural sensitivity of health care providers, program planners, and any others serving Hmong people from Laos. The ultimate aim is to foster culturally competent TB care and services for the Lao Hmong in the United States. The content of these guides was gathered in two ways. First, an in-depth review of TB-related epidemiologic, behavioral, and ethnographic literature on the Lao Hmong in the United States was performed. Secondly, in 2003, the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) undertook a qualitative study to describe ethnographic aspects of the increasing burden of TB among five foreign-born populations. Selected major findings from this study are presented in each of the guides." -- p. 5

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