During emergencies, public health and/or emergency management staff establish a Joint Information Center (JIC) to track important information and communicate it to the public. Organizations...
Communication
Pandemic Influenza Communication
Rural agricultural areas in the United States are key regions for influenza surveillance in wild and domesticated animals such as pigs and birds. Public health and veterinary agencies regularly...
A valuable large-scale, public engagement initiative focused on community control measures for pandemic influenza is represented in these reports. The initiative featured a host of collaborating...
Flu Facts is an educational campaign that informs the public about the importance of planning for a pandemic with a variety of tools designed to reach different populations. The tools include an...
This booklet is part of a statewide educational campaign that Massachusetts launched in the fall of 2007. These materials are particularly useful in the context of the novel H1N1 flu pandemic,...
The HEALTH model outlines the requirements, specifications, and resources needed for developing a public health emergency contact center. The practice takes advantage of existing poison control...
CodeReady.org is an all-hazards emergency preparedness campaign that was "branded" to enhance retention of personal preparedness information and prompt individual action. The State of Minnesota...
The Ready in 3 Pandemic Flu Guide is a good example of an all-hazards personal preparedness campaign. The 3-in-1 overall emergency preparedness message is simple (Create a Plan, Prepare a Kit,...
The New Mexico school toolkit proposes an excellent web-based strategy for communicating pandemic influenza information to three distinct audiences in the state school system. These include: 1)...
Toolkit helps agencies assess flu vaccine beliefs and behaviors, educate public, and tailor services
Yearly bouts of seasonal influenza and even pandemic influenza strains can be fairly different in how quickly and pervasively they spread, the severity of illness they cause, and the groups of...
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