Iowa Immunization Program Annual Report 2012, February 20, 2012

The Bureau of Immunization is part of the Division of Acute Disease Prevention and Emergency Response (ADPER) at the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). The ADPER division provides support, technical assistance and consultation to local hospitals, public health agencies, community health centers, emergency medical service programs and local health care providers regarding infectious diseases, disease prevention and control, injury prevention and public health and health care emergency preparedness and response. The division encompasses the Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology (CADE), the Bureau of Immunization and Tuberculosis (ITB), the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), the Bureau of Communication and Planning (CAP), the Office of Health Information Technology (HIT), and the Center for Disaster Operations and Response (CDOR). The Bureau of Immunization and Tuberculosis includes the Immunization Program, the Tuberculosis Control Program, and the Refugee Health Program. The mission of the Immunization Program is to decrease vaccine‐preventable diseases through education, advocacy and partnership. While there has been major advancement in expanding immunizations to many parts of Iowa’s population, work must continue with public and private health care providers to promote the program’s vision of healthy Iowans living in communities free of vaccine‐preventable diseases. Accomplishing this goal will require achieving and maintaining high vaccination coverage levels, improving vaccination strategies among under‐vaccinated populations, prompt reporting and thorough investigation of suspected disease cases, and rapid institution of control measures. The Immunization Program is comprised of multiple programs that provide immunization services throughout the state: Adolescent Immunization Program, Adult Immunization Program, Immunization Registry Information System (IRIS), Vaccines for Children Program (VFC), Perinatal Hepatitis B Program, and Immunization Assessment Program.

2014 Immunizations in Iowa, Iowa Immunization Program Annual Report, January 11, 2016

The Bureau of Immunization is part of the Division of Acute Disease Prevention and Emergency Response (ADPER) at the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). The ADPER division provides support, technical assistance and consultation to local hospitals, public health agencies, community health centers, emergency medical service programs and local health care providers regarding infectious diseases, disease prevention and control, injury prevention and public health and health care emergency preparedness and response. The division encompasses the Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology (CADE), the Bureau of Immunization and Tuberculosis (ITB), the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), the Bureau of Communication and Planning (CAP), the Office of Health Information Technology (HIT), and the Center for Disaster Operations and Response (CDOR). The Bureau of Immunization and Tuberculosis includes the Immunization Program, the Tuberculosis Control Program, and the Refugee Health Program. The mission of the Immunization Program is to decrease vaccine‐preventable diseases through education, advocacy and partnership. While there has been major advancement in expanding immunizations to many parts of Iowa’s population, work must continue with public and private health care providers to promote the program’s vision of healthy Iowans living in communities free of vaccine‐preventable diseases. Accomplishing this goal will require achieving and maintaining high vaccination coverage levels, improving vaccination strategies among under‐vaccinated populations, prompt reporting and thorough investigation of suspected disease cases, and rapid institution of control measures. The Immunization Program is comprised of multiple programs that provide immunization services throughout the state: Adolescent Immunization Program, Adult Immunization Program, Immunization Registry Information System (IRIS), Vaccines for Children Program (VFC), Perinatal Hepatitis B Program, and Immunization Assessment Program.

A busca de sintomáticos respiratórios de tuberculose na prática e perspectiva do agente comunitário de saúde nos distritos sanitários de Natal

The objective of this work - which is characterized analyze the search for symptomatic tuberculosis in practice and perspective of the Community Health Agent (ACS) in the districts of Natal. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The study population was 646 professionals, and conducted a probabilistic random sampling, stratified by districts. The data were collected from one instrument to collect data based on Primary Care Assesment Toll (PCAT) and analyzed by descriptive statistics. The sample consisted of ACS was 87% female. Among the study participants 58% completed high school and 120 months of exercise training (95% CI 111.9 to 129.5) on average. 90% were USF. The average follow-up of cases found were 2 cases of TB since the beginning of the career of the ACS and the last three years the average is presented in a case accompanied. The ACS received satisfactory ratings on the bond of trust with the user, so as access to homes in the community. The ACS reported for denying the fear of being positive result was the biggest reason for not performing the sputum. All units have a professional that responds to the Tuberculosis Control Program. Regarding the structural capacity of primary care settings for the diagnosis of TB, we observed satisfactory levels in different districts of pots for sputum collection, however, a point that deserves attention from managers is lack of materials for packaging sputum. Fear of positive result was one of the reasons for the refusal of sputum collection, followed by alcoholism. With regard to TB suspects, all responded that ACS always suspect when the user has TB coughs, but in all districts were noticed at low delivery of requests for applications for smear. BSR in TB control, is characterized in practice as a complex action goes beyond technical expertise and contact with the family that breaks with the Cartesian. The BSR is part of the ACS can perform them from the daily visits. We conclude that the ACS is difficult to achieve. This practice should not be the privilege of this actor, but the entire team of primary care. We must rethink the practices of TB care, seeing the health surveillance while aegis of the working process of primary care teams for early diagnosis and thereby reduce TB in communities

As ações de controle da tuberculose na atenção primária à saúde: a visão do doente

Tuberculosis is a disease of great impact on the world context today. In Brazil, the disease management was directed to the Primary Health Care, due to the determination of the Ministry of Health to decentralize health actions for primary care. Thus, since the actions of diagnosis, treatment and control of the disease should happen in this context, however, there are still many barriers that may hinder the realization of these determinations. This study aims to analyze the development of tuberculosis control activities conducted in the services of primary health care from the patient's vision. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study. The population consists of 517 tuberculosis patients treated in units of Primary Health Care in the city of Natal-RN; the sample consists of 93 TB patients. The collect instrument is structured, based in The Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT), validated in Brazil and adapted to assess attention to TB in Brazil, with modifications. This instrument was divided into blocks: the first one describes the socio-demographic information of patients with TB and the second one describes the health services working in control, diagnosis and treatment of TB, and includes issues related to the dimensions of primary care: access, bond, services, coordination of care, guidance to the community and family focus. For quantitative analysis, were built indicators for each item of the instrument. The response patterns are followed according to the Likert scale, which was assigned a value between one and five meant that the degree of preference relation (or agreement) of the statements. Values between 1 and 3 were considered unsatisfactory for the indicator, between 3 and less than 4, regular, and between 4 and 5, satisfactory. The results indicate that 62.37% of patients are male, 27.96% aged 41 to 50 years old, and 34.41% unemployed, with low education and low family income. It was found that the reference hospital services are the front door to the patient (59.14%), and are also the local diagnosis of the disease (72.04%). On access, the conditions satisfactory found are: the number of times the patients need to pick up the health care issue, the marking and the facility to get a consultancy in the HS, assistance provided without harm to the individual's attendance labor and facilities related to the proximity between the residence and services; were considered unsatisfactory conditions related to travel to the HS, and on hours and days of operation of services. As for the cast of services were satisfactory and regular actions related to the request for examination to become viable in the first HS, the availability of pot to perform smear and medicines for the treatment, as well as consultations control and receiving information about the disease and the treatment performed; it is considered unsatisfactory the performance of the home care for patients with TB by the HS that acts as a front door, for implementation of the Directly Observed Treatment (DOT), home visits during treatment, the provision of transportation allowance to the patient and the existence of groups for TB patients. Regarding the coordination of care, resulted in regular the action of referring the patient to other HS to obtain examinations, and as unsatisfactory referral to obtain medications. The relationship bond between patient and health team were considered satisfactory in the majority or regular. As for the family and community focus, is satisfactory only the indicator relating to questions from professionals to the patient about the existence of respiratory symptoms in the family. It is considered that there is need for greater commitment from government entities to the incentives required to TB control, as well as the availability of necessary inputs and training of human resources working in the PHC in the ongoing quest to strengthen primary care, as a place of broader host needs to contact the user with the actions and health professionals. It is recommended the adoption of management mechanisms possible to expand the capacity of the health PHC, promoting the service delivery to the user and ensuring attention to population health.

Diagnóstico sorológico da brucelose bovina em animais adultos vacinados com dose reduzida da cepa 19 de Brucella abortus

Com o presente trabalho avaliou-se o uso de dose reduzida da vacina produzida com a amostra 19 de Brucella abortus, em rebanho adulto negativo para a enfermidade, por meio de técnicas de diagnóstico sorológico preconizadas pelo Programa Nacional de Controle e Erradicação da Brucelose e Tuberculose Animal e por um ensaio indireto de imunoadsorção enzimática (ELISA ID). A prova de fixação de complemento detectou 46,77% de positivos, o antígeno acidificado tamponado 67,74%, o 2-mercaptoetanol com soroaglutinação lenta 87,09% e o ELISA ID 100%. A dose reduzida interferiu no diagnóstico sorológico. Nenhuma das técnicas apresentou especificidade adequada para uso em rebanho nestas condições, até 3 meses após a vacinação.

Resposta sorológica de bezerras da raça Tabapuã recém-vacinadas com amostra B19 de Brucella abortus

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação do teste do antígeno acidificado tamponado em soros tratados com rivanol como teste confirmatório no diagnóstico sorológico da brucelose bovina

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A tuberculose pulmonar nos presídios da região de saúde de Presidente Prudente-SP, Dir XVI -1998-2002

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Aspectos epidemiológicos da tuberculose na região de saúde de Botucatu-SP, 1993 a 1998

Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva - FMB

Epidemiologia da tuberculose em crianças menores de 15 anos atendidas nas unidades municipais de saúde

A tuberculose nas crianças é, por definição, um indicador de transmissão recente e assim serve de sinal de alerta. O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever os aspectos epidemiológicos da tuberculose na infância. Através de um protocolo de pesquisa foram coletados dados de prontuários de 80 crianças, de ambos os sexos, portadoras de tuberculose com idade de 0 a 15 anos, retrospectivamente relativo aos anos de 1998 a 2002, atendidas em 18 Unidades Municipais de Saúde, no município de Belém. Verificou-se que a idade de 10 a <15 anos foi mais acometida pela doença, não apresentando diferença significativa entre os sexos. Na avaliação antropométrica 17,15% das crianças apresentaram déficit de peso em graus variados para o índice P/I. A sintomatologia clássica da tuberculose apresentou-se mais freqüente conjuntamente com a forma clínica pulmonar em 77,50 % das crianças. A pesquisa de BAAR e a radiografia foram os exames de maior importância no diagnóstico da tuberculose, 76,25 % das crianças apresentaram cicatriz vacinal e as precárias condições socioeconômicas são fatores determinantes no processo infeccioso. A aplicação rigorosa dos meios de intervenção disponíveis associados a melhoria das condições sócio-econômicas são importantes. Assim, evita-se que qualquer falha no controle da tuberculose atinja imediatamente a geração mais jovem.

A coordenação da assistência no controle da tuberculose

Estudo epidemiológico descritivo que analisa a coordenação da assistência ao doente de Tuberculose em Serviços de Atenção Primária segundo 23 doentes, 16 profissionais e 17 gestores em Ribeirão Preto-SP, através de instrumento adaptado para avaliar a tuberculose. De acordo com os informantes, a coordenação da assistência ao doente em tratamento pela equipe do programa de controle da tuberculose foi considerada satisfatória. No entanto, quando há necessidade de encaminhar o doente a outros pontos de atenção, a coordenação da assistência apresenta pontos deficientes como descontinuidade do fluxo de comunicação e participação incipiente do doente no processo de atenção, havendo necessidade de aumentar a responsabilização pelo cuidado do doente e estimulá-lo como agente ativo do processo.

Atuação de profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família no controle da tuberculose

OBJETIVO: Avaliar as ações desenvolvidas por profissionais das equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família no controle da tuberculose, no Município de Teresina-PI. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa avaliativa, de abordagem quantitativa na qual foram entrevistados 286 profissionais de saúde (64 médicos, 76 enfermeiros, 68 auxiliares de enfermagem e 78 agentes comunitários de saúde) da Estratégia Saúde da Família. RESULTADOS: Dos 286 participantes da pesquisa, 86% relataram ter sido capacitados no Programa de Controle da Tuberculose e 69,5% citaram que a capacitação foi suficiente para realizar as ações preconizadas no Programa. Na verificação de associação das ações preconizadas no diagnóstico e no acompanhamento do doente de tuberculose e sua realização pelos profissionais, constatou-se associação estatística significativa em todas as variáveis estudadas, com p<0,05. CONCLUSÃO: O desenvolvimento de ações do programa está associado à categoria profissional de quem as realizam, portanto, é importante que cada componente da equipe conheça suas reais atribuições.

Discursos e produção de sentidos: experiência da transferência da política do tratamento diretamente observado de curta duração para o controle da tuberculose em Moçambique - África

A estratégia do Tratamento Diretamente Observado de Curta Duração para o controle da tuberculose (DOTS) tem sido usada por vários países do mundo especificamente pelos 22 mais afetados pela doença, que contribuem com cerca de 80% de casos, porém, apesar da estratégia demonstrar a redução de casos e aumentar a adesão dos pacientes ao tratamento, e ter sido implementada em Moçambique desde a década de 1980, a doença continua a ser um problema grave de saúde pública no país. Este estudo tem como objetivo central: analisar a transferência da política do DOTS a partir da visão dos gestores centrais, provinciais e distritais, e profissionais de saúde da província de Nampula. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo que usa a Análise de Discurso de matriz francesa como seu referencial teórico metodológico que busca a compreensão dos sentidos a partir das condições da produção. Participaram deste estudo 15 profissionais de saúde que ocupavam as posições de gestores, médicos e profissionais de enfermagem e/ou técnicos, e atuavam no Programa nacional de controle de Tuberculose em Moçambique com o mínimo de um ano de experiência, nos meses de maio a agosto de 2014, nos níveis central, provincial (Nampula), e distrital (em oito distritos da província de Nampula). Para a coleta de dados usou-se um roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturado que permitiu explorar os sentidos produzidos. O corpus em análise foi constituído a partir das entrevistas transcritas. Para o auxílio da organização dos dados usou-se o sofware Atlis.ti versão 6. Este estudo teve a aprovação da Comissão Nacional de Bioética e da autorização do Ministro da Saúde de Moçambique. Para a análise dos dados foram identificados quatro blocos discursivos: experiências adotadas na implementação e manutenção do DOTS; estratégias adotadas na implementação e manutenção de DOTS; potencialidades, fragilidades de DOTS no controle da tuberculose e; discursos não buscados pelo roteiro: possíveis soluções. Os sentidos produzidos enfatizam dizeres inscritos em formações discursivas que desconsideram a subjetividade do enfermo; de fragilidades do sistema de saúde, falta de recursos humanos, falta de transporte, baixos salários, insuficiência de laboratórios, distâncias longas entre a moradia do paciente e a unidade sanitária. Ainda os entrevistados entendem como potencialidade a participação dos agentes comunitários e da família no tratamento da doença. Conclui-se que para o controle da tuberculose usando a estratégia DOTS o compromisso do governo deve ser pragmático traduzindo-se em ações concretas como o aumento do financiamento das ações de controle de tuberculose, incluindo as pesquisas, formação dos recursos humanos e, sobretudo, atuar sobre os determinantes socias da saúde

TB/HIV, the connection : what health care workers should know.

"February 1989."

Poverty and the economic effects of TB in rural China

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the economic effects of illness on individual tuberculosis (TB) cases in rural China and to use a case-control study to show a strong TB-poverty link. SETTING: In 2002-2004 we studied 160 new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases and 320 age- and sex-matched controls living in neighbouring houses in four rural counties of Henan Province. DESIGN: Cases and controls were interviewed 1-3 months after patients were diagnosed. We used matched multivariate logistic regression to compare cases with controls for poverty status using household income, household assets and relative wealth within the village. We conducted follow-up interviews of patients 10-12 months later to assess economic effects by collecting data on treatment costs, income losses, coping strategies and treatment completion. RESULTS: Poverty is strongly associated with TB incidence even after controlling for smoking and other risk factors. Excluding income losses, direct out-of-pocket treatment costs (medical and non-medical) accounted for 55.5 % of average annual household income, and most TB cases fell into heavy debt. The DOTS cure rate was 91 %. When DOTS was incomplete or not done, mortality was high. CONCLUSIONS: Poverty is both a cause and a devastating outcome of TB. Ongoing poverty reduction schemes in China must also include reducing TB.