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TB Notes NewsletterReturn to Main Menu - TB Notes 1, 2008 No. 1, 2008National Tuberculosis Indicators Project (NTIP): Intensive ReviewThe National Tuberculosis Indicators Project (NTIP) is an initiative designed to standardize the data for monitoring TB program progress toward objectives, which can then be used to guide program improvement efforts. This initiative is a joint effort between DTBE and state partners. Recognizing resource limitations, DTBE will be launching NTIP to facilitate the optimal use of existing data sources, enhance the communication between DTBE and program areas, and facilitate the process for improving program effectiveness. In September 2007, DTBE engaged a larger stakeholder audience in a 2-day intensive review meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, to provide input and guidance for NTIP.
The purpose of the 2-day meeting was to ask external partners for input that would further refine NTIP and ensure that it will be a useful tool for TB programs. In addition to providing advice for enhancing NTIP, external partners provided recommendations to DTBE on how to further increase its effectiveness in providing guidance and assistance to the cooperative agreement recipients. Some of these recommendations include
These recommendations will be used to inform division efforts, refine the cooperative agreements, streamline the cooperative agreement reporting process, and develop guidance to the states in prioritizing and focusing program improvement and reporting efforts.
—Reported by Kai Young, MPH,
CHES
Last Updated:
07/01/2008 Last Reviewed: 05/18/2008 |
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External partners attending the meeting were
TB program staff from California, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Washington, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and representatives of the
National TB Controllers Association (NTCA), the Advisory Council for
the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), the TB Evaluation Working
Group (EWG), and TB Education and Training Network (ETN). Also
present were DTBE representatives from the Communications,
Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch; the Field Services and
Evaluation Branch; and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Outbreak
Investigation Branch.