Cultural Guides

Cultural Quick Reference Guides

These 2-page guides give country-specific information on cultural norms, health practices, and courtesies to observe to enhance communication. Languages and literacy, personal greetings, naming conventions, and non-verbal signals are noted as well as facts about TB in country with details on stigma, traditional remedies, and beliefs. Countries include Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Chuuk, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Philippines, Ukraine, and Vietnam. Southeastern TB Center, 2022.

Beyond Diversity – A Journey to Cultural Proficiency Facilitator’s Guide

This facilitator guide is intended to build internal capacity within TB programs. Most often culture is defined solely by race or ethnicity, yet a unique culture exists within a multitude of other groups. Cultural groups are often defined by what makes them similar: life situation, e.g., homeless culture; differently abled, e.g., hearing impaired culture; age, e.g., generational culture; or geography, e.g., rural versus urban culture. Becoming culturally proficient is about knowing yourself and your own biases and assumptions that impact interactions with people who you view as being different than yourself. Heartland National TB Center, 2021.

Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Care: A Guide for Self-Study and Self-Assessment

This guide is a tool for the public health workforce and other healthcare providers to begin to explore the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for cultural competency in general, with a focus on TB control activities. The guide includes a self-assessment tool, teaching cases, and links to other cultural competency resources. New Jersey Medical School, 2008.