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Tuberculosis
The increase in Tuberculosis has raised huge public concern and the HAZ programme will address this through public education and awareness raising, tackling the issues of stigma associated with certain groups (e.g refugees and the homeless) and assisting individuals through the patient experience. The programme will consist of four themes, each led by a community organisation working with other groups and local public health departments. The HAZ has taken an extremely creative approach to building packages of projects rather than funding projects on an individual basis.
Tuberculosis Projects
The following organisations will be supported by,
NWL Health Protection Unit
(Brent PCT) WCC Nurses
HPA (NWL Hospitals Trust)
Brent Refugee Forum/BHFG
Contact: Amna Mahmoud
Tel: 020 8214 1434
brentrefugeeforum@chancelhouse.co.uk
The aims of the project are to carry out a research to identify barriers that lead to high prevalence of TB and HIV/AIDS among the refugees and homeless people. Also to identify professional and institutional gaps in prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and follow up after hospital discharge. The project will highlight the influence of stigma and cultural beliefs on the course of the disease and how these affect their lives. The project will also look at the environmental factors which contribute to the spread of TB with a view to eliminating inequality in TB control measures, identifying areas of good practice.
Asian People with Disabilities Alliance (APDA)
Contact: Javaid Iqbal and Meena Saleem
Tel: 020 8961 6773
apdmcha@aol.com
http://www.apda.org.uk/
The aim of the project is to establish a structure that will provide effective, efficient support and assistance to patients suffering from tuberculosis to guide them through the health care system. APDA are developing necessary links with the health care system to map the patient route and then to provide direct support to the patient.
Brent, Race, Health and Social Care Forum/TB Alert
Contact: Phil Sealy, Jackie Collins
Tel: 020 8795 6230 (Brent HAZ)
Jackie.Collins@brentpct.nhs.uk
This is the lead agency working with TB Alert on training and awareness raising. The aims of the project are to develop and deliver a community focussed TB awareness programme by employing a worker to write, produce and deliver an education and awareness-raising programme of courses on TB which will be run by the worker with support from a pool of retired nurses. The education and awareness raising will be available across the community sector but will initially focus on HAZ TB participating projects, at risk communities and eventually the general public. The project will work in its final phase with the PCT to consider the delivery of TB training within the staff teams.
Brent Indian Association (BIA) / Brent and Harrow Community Health
Contact: Jagdish Patel (BIA)
Tel: 020 8903 3019
info@brentindianassociation.org
www.brentindianassociation.org/
Contact: Edwin Mapara (B&H Community Health Projects)
Tel: 020 8459 6155
aemapara@aol.com
www.bhchprojects.org.uk/
The aims of these two organisations working jointly are to raise awareness of TB within communities in LB Brent through developing appropriate resources such as leaflets in different languages, audio and video resources and also to use mass and local media to raise awareness.
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