January 20, 2010: With supplies of the H1N1 vaccine increasing across the country, health officials, such as Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, are encouraging individuals to get vaccinated—especially priority groups such as pregnant women and people under the age of 24. Flu.gov has created an interactive Flu Shot Locator with the latest information on where the vaccine is available. To address public concerns regarding the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, the CDC has developed Vaccination Fact Sheets in a wide variety of languages. An H1N1 Self-Evaluation tool has also been developed which is a available in both English and Spanish.
A story aired on National Public Radio described the disproportionately high incidence rate of H1N1 among minorities in the Boston area as the result of social factors affecting these communities.
Individual Education & Preparedness Materials:
- Live webcast: Experience of a Bronx Community Health Center in H1N1 POD (Point of Distribution) Vaccinations. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:00 PM EST
- The CDC has developed translated materials on the H1N1 vaccination in a wide variety of languages (Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Khmer/Cambodian, Korean, Oromo, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese)
- The CDC has developed translated materials on preventing the spread on H1N1 at work (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Haitian, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
- The Seattle & King County Department of Public Health as developed translated H1N1 materials, including a comic strip, in a wide variety of languages (Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Vietnamese)
- ECHO Minnesota as developed multimedia resources on H1N1 in a wide variety of languages (Amharic, Arabic, English, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
- The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has produced a special health bulletin on H1N1 that is available in multiple languages (English, Chinese, French, Khmer/Cambodian, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
- Webinar: H1N1 and HIV- September 2, 2009 2:00-2:45 EST
- The Office of Minority Health has centralized a number of resources on H1N1, including multimedia presentations and translated materials (Arabic, Asian languages, Bengali, Chinese, Indigenous languages in Mexico, and Korean)
- Swine Influenza and You (English and Spanish)
- Key Facts about Swine Influenza (English and Spanish)
- Swine Influenza: General Information (English and Spanish)
- Arab Community Center for Economic Social Services (ACCESS) issues swine flu advisory (English and Arabic)
- Germ Stopper Flyer (English, Chinese, French, Hmong, Khmer/Cambodian, Laotian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has compiled a list of translated materials on H1N1
- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has produced translated materials and podcasts on H1N1 in various languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian-Creole, Khmer/Cambodian, Korean, Portuguese)
- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has compiled materials on H1N1 and pandemic influenza in various languages (Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Creole, Farsi, French, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese)
- ECHO Minnesota has produced translated information on H1N1 in printed, audio, and video formats (English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali)
- The National Council of La Raza has centralized a variety of materials on H1N1 and Latino communities (English and Spanish)
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