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This commentary highlights what needs to be done to eliminate potential injustices towards disadvantaged populations during an influenza pandemic.

This brochure provides information on avian influenza (H5N1) for inhabitants of Western Alaska and is available in Yup’Ik.

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop recommendations on how to protect at-risk populations, such as those which are culturally isolated or have limited English proficiency (LEP), during an influenza pandemic.

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released national guidance on protecting at-risk populations, such as those which are culturally isolated or have limited English proficiency (LEP), during an influenza pandemic. 

This handout provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This web-video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This multimedia presentation provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This audio file provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This mobile video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This toolkit, developed by El Paso City-County Health and Environment District, provides a variety of materials to train lay heath promoters to educate Hispanic/Latino communities about what they can do to prepare for an influenza pandemic.

This article discusses how the planning process for an influenza pandemic should include community engagement and extension of strategies beyond traditional providers to involve community-based organizations addressing hard-to-reach populations.

This report addresses the importance of addressing the needs of disadvantaged groups and vulnerable populations who would be seriously impacted by an influenza pandemic.

This resource provides information on the efforts of the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District using promotores and community health workers to provide information on pandemic influenza to the Hispanic/Latino population of El Paso.
 

This resource provides information on pandemic influenza, seasonal influenza, and avian influenza viruses and is available in English and Spanish.
 

This resource provides information on pandemic influenza and how to prepare for pandemic influenza, and is available in English and Spanish.

This poster provides information on pandemic influenza and is available in English and Spanish.
 

This resource provides information on pandemic influenza in the form of a story with pictures, and is available in Spanish only.
 

This issue of the DiversityPreparedness.org E-Newsletter highlights Pandemic Influenza as the Topic of the Month and provides excerpts from an interview with Anna DeBlois Buchanan and Caroline Barnhill regarding ASTHO’s At-risk Populations project.

This resource provides information on swine flu, and is available in English and Spanish.

This resource provides key facts on swine flu, and is available in English and Spanish.
 

This resource provides information and links to relevant swine flu related resource, and is available in both English and Spanish.
 

This resource provides information on swine influenza, including information on the disease, history of the disease, and information on the current situation with swine flu in the U.S., Mexico, and globally. This resource is available in English, Spanish, Farsi, and Russian.

This health bulletin, from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health,  provides information about H1N1 Influenza and how to prevent the spread of the virus.

This article describes underlying factors which put racial/ethnic minorities at increased risk for disproportionately adverse health outcomes during an influenza pandemic and promising strategies for implementating interventions.

This article discusses health-related, social, and economic factors that contribute the increased risk of immigrants and refugees in an influenza pandemic and strategies.

This resource is a guide targeted toward community and faith-based organizations.  It provides information about H1N1 influenza preparedness.

This resource is a flyer that gives information about the spread of influenza.  It shows people how to prevent the spread of the virus.

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This video explains the importance of staying at home when sick.

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This video explains the importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of flu. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This video describes priority vaccination groups. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This video describes the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of staying at home when sick. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of flu. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip describes priority vaccination groups. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. 

These documents include basic H1N1 prevention information and other tips on keeping yourself and your family safe this flu season.  This document highlights the importance of staying home when sick to prevent the spread of flu.

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document explains the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of flu. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document describes priority vaccination groups. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document explains the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. 

This resource, provided by ECHO, is a video about preventing seasonal influenza.  It provides information about symptoms of flu, preventing spread, and vaccination.

This resource is a fact sheet describing H1N1 novel influenza, including information about its signs and symptoms and methods of spread.  Preventing spread of the flu virus and what to do if you are sick are other topics included in this resource.

This resource is a handout decribing seasonal and H1N1 influenzas and the symptoms of the flu.  It provides advice for treating symptoms and when it is important to keep medical attention.

Clean hands save lives! This resource describes the best ways to keep your hands clean to prevent the spread of influenza.

This resource provides answers to commonly asked quesitons about H1N1 influenza. 

This resource provides information for people with suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza.  It encourages at-home care and provides information to help prevent spread of H1N1 to close contacts.

This CDC flyer encourages parents to have their children vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas.

This flyer encourages people who live with high risk individuals, including pregnant women and children, to be vaccinated against seasonal and H1N1 influenzas.

This flyer encourages those who suffer from diabetes and those around them to be vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas.

This handout provides information about the inactivated influenza vaccine for 2009-10.  It describes how the vaccine is made, who should receive the vaccine, and what to do in case of adverse events.

This resource is a 3-fold brochure published by the CDC.  It outlines 3 steps to take to fight the flu, including getting vaccinated, taking part in preventive behaviors, and taking antivirals if recommended by a physician.

This resource is a fact sheet providing information about the live, intranasal influenza vaccine for H1N1.  It explains who should be vaccinated and who should receive the live vaccine as opposed to the traditional "flu shot" or inactivated vaccine. 

This issue brief presents preliminary findings on the social threats to the health of Latino migrant farmworkers in connection with the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. Guidelines on the provision of the H1N1 vaccine to migrant farmworkers are also provided.

This article addresses the need to dispel myths about H1N1 influenza. It emphasizes the importance of engaging the media and community leaders in educating the community, especially in ethnic communities, because of distrust of government and government officials.

This MMWR article descrives the disproportionate number of H1N1 related deaths among American Indian/Alaska Natives. According to an investigation which spanned 12 states, the rate of H1N1 related deaths in AI/AN was 4.0 times higher than death rates for all other racial/ethnic populations.

This cohort study found that young non-whites without medical insurance were disproportionately likely to require ICU care for H1N1.

This research articles provides a historical perspective on challenges faced by public health officials in reaching diverse communities during the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918 and the integral role community/faith-based organizations and ethnic media outlets.

This CIDRAP resource guide provides an extensive list of promising practices for meeting the needs of vulnerable populations—including racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and LEP populations—in a pandemic.

This article proposes a model of community engagement, disaster risk education, and crisis and emergency risk communication to prepare minority communities and government agencies to work effectively in a pandemic, build the capacity of each to respond, and strengthen the trust that is critical at such moments.

This article presents the finding of a nationally representative survey to examine racial/ethnic disparities in H1N1 exposure, susceptibility to complications, and access to health care during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

This article presents recommendations from the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project regarding health resource rationing in pandemics with an explicit focus on socially vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities.

This nationally representative survey explored sociodemographic characteristics and beliefs associated with H1N1 vaccine uptake in the United States.  

This article uses nationally representative survey data to explore racial/ethnic disparities in H1N1 vaccine uptake.

This report from the United States Government Accountability Office discusses lessons learned from the H1N1 pandemic, including the need to better reach non-English speakers

This article explores racial/ethnic disparities in H1N1-related hospitalization and death in New Mexico.