Table 3.

The health beliefs model: focus groups results and practice implications for TB programs at an adult education center

Health beliefs model domains	Focus group results (TB perceptions)	Practice implications (Cues to Action)
Perceived susceptibility	Misperceptions about TB transmission	Re-enforce modes of transmission
Perceived severity	TB is incurable	Reassure that TB is curable
Perceived barriers to prevention and treatment	Feelings of fear, secrecy, shame, isolation, discrimination, punishment	Recognize and reflect perceptions and feelings about TB
	Lack of knowledge about latent TB	Educate about latent TB
	Lack of awareness	Raise awareness that TB does exist in the US
Perceived benefits of prevention and treatment	Very little perceived benefit, largely due to lack of knowledge about latent TB and its relationship to illness	Educate about latent TB and implications of eradication for personal and community health