Session Title/ Topic: Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis Participants: A group of 10 mothers in the community, high school graduates,

30-40 years old Venue of Learning: Rural Health Unit Time and Time Allotment: 1 hour, 1:00- 2:00 pm

Learning Objectives
After the session, the participants will be able to:

Content A. The participants must know:

Teaching Method

Resources

Evaluation

1. Define Tuberculosis.

2. Know the causes of Tuberculosis and its modes of infection.

1. Tuberculosis is a contagious infection caused by an airborn baterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2. Tuberculosis is transmitted through airborne droplets (coughing, sneezing)

1&2 together At least 2 hours. 3 at most - Video presentation - Ppt lectures by TB experts/professio nals - Handouts, brochures, pamphlets with need-to-know about TB

LCD projector Laptop Handouts Brochures

1&2 Recitation/PreEvaluation: - What do you know about Tuberculosis (TB)? - How do you think TB is transmitted? Charades: Divide Participants into two teams and let the participants guess the transmission of TB (airborne droplets, coughing, sneezing, etc)

3. Identify the symptoms that are associated with Tuberculosis and the tests used to confirm the disease.

3. Tuberculosis is associated with Fatigue; Weight Loss; Persistent low grade afternoon fever; night sweats and chills; hemoptysis; productive cough; pleuritic chest pain. Tuberculosis is diagnosed with Sputum smear and culture (definitive test), Tuberculin (Mantoux Test) detects the presence of antibodies (Results read within 48 to 72 hours from skin testing, positive if with induration of 10mm or more, Chest x-ray which determines the presence and extent of disease.

3)2 hours. Pictures of the symptoms - any visual aids (diagrams or any)

LCD projector Laptop

3. Game: Pinoy Henyo Divide participants into two teams and let them guess the different symptoms of TB.

4. The procedures in treating Tuberculosis.

4. Multi drug therapy to destroy viable microorganism as fast as possible and to protect against the drug resistant organism. Drugs include Isoniazid (INH), Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide (PZA), Ethambutamol, Streptomycin.

4) 1 hour. - lectures w/ experts/professionals - Introduction of medications - proper dosages - generics - alternative medicine(if any)

LCD projector Resource speaker Laptop

4. Interactive handout: fill in the blanks during lecture session

5. Prevention of the disease.

5.

Prevention for Tuberculosis is the administration of BCG (Bacille CalmetteGuerin) vaccination of newborn, infants and school entrants. Ideally at birth

5) lectures on the importance of getting vaccinated. - bakuna hour for a whole week(1 hour/day for 1 week) - encourage the community further to get vaccinated

LCD projector Laptop

5. Recitation/Review: - How is TB treated? - Where do people affected with TB go to be treated?

Go over leaflets given at the start of the session, including complete information about TB, what was discussed during the session, and the information about the nearest DOT center. References:

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Pub Med Health. A.D.A.M., Inc. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001141/ Healthplus24 team. Mode of Transmission of Tuberulosis. Health Plus 24. http://www.healthplus24.com/Diseases_and_Conditions730/Tuberculosis/Mode_of_Transmission_of_Tuberculosis.aspx Schiffman, George, MD, FCCP. Tuberculosis (TB). MedicineNet.com http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/article.htm Corporate Communications Unit. Mycobacterial Infections (Tuberculosis). Department of Health, Victoria, Australia. http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/bluebook/myco-tb.asp