2025 TB Nursing Symposium - Building Bridges: Effective Tuberculosis Care for Refugee Families

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Speaker: Jillian Lynaugh, APRN, CNP, DNP, MPH

Recorded: May 7, 2025

Length: Approximately 34 minutes

Presentation Description

This presentation explores "building bridges" to deliver effective tuberculosis (TB) care for refugee families. It outlines the specific challenges these families face in accessing and adhering to TB treatment—such as linguistic, socioeconomic, and cultural barriers. The presentation also highlights techniques for building rapport and trust to enhance communication and engagement, and it presents strategies for aligning the differing priorities of refugee families and healthcare providers to ensure successful TB care.

Target Audience

This presentation is part of a symposium intended for Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Public Health Nurses, and healthcare professionals involved in TB care.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the specific challenges faced by refugee families in accessing and adhering to TB care, including linguistic, socioeconomic, and cultural barriers.

  • Recognize techniques for building rapport and trust with refugee families to improve communication and engagement in TB care.

  • Explore strategies for reconciling differing priorities between refugee families and healthcare professionals to ensure effective TB treatment and care.

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