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2013 TB Poster Session
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NATIONAL SURVEY ON TB OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1995
Taylor Z., Miller B.
Introduction: The treatment of patients with active disease is the top priority of tuberculosis (TB) control. Outreach workers (ORWs) that are representative of communities being served are recognized as an essential part of this effort.
Rationale: The purpose of this study was to describe the source of funding, activities, demographic characteristics, education, training, and languages of TB ORWs to assist in development of appropriate training and methods to evaluate their effective use.
Methods: A questionnaire was mailed to all 68 TB control programs that have cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (50 states, 9 cities, District of Columbia, and 8 territories).
Results: Fifty-eight programs responded to the survey and 53 programs provided information on 1,096 ORWs. Seventy-three percent of these ORWs are partially or fully funded with federal funds. The average ratio of ORWs to incident cases of TB is one outreach worker for every 15-20 cases of TB, regardless of the TB case rate. ORWs are racially and ethnically diverse. Approximately three-fourths of ORWs have college or professional degrees, including 17% that are registered nurses. Almost half (44%) have worked for one year or less as ORWs. One fourth have only received on the job training. Overall, ORWs spend 33% of their time providing directly observed therapy; however this varies among programs. There are differences in the characteristics of ORWs from different programs and these differences will be illustrated.
Conclusions: ORWs are a heterogeneous group that is racially and ethnically representative of the populations they serve. ORWs are substantially supported by federal funds and loss of these funds could severely impact these programs. Given their diversity, effective utilization, evaluation, and training will require varied approaches that consider their education and skills.