Citizen Preparedness Resources
About Swine Influenza (Flu)
Up-to-date information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the swine flu epidemic across the nation.
TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
Taking Care of a Sick Person at Home
Resources for Parents and Caregivers
How to take care of a sick person at home, advice on talking to children, breastfeeding, and more
Pregnancy and H1N1 (Swine) Influenza
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THE FLU
Things You can Do
Provides a fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on seasonal flu and what you can do to prevent it.
Interim CDC Guidance for Nonpharmaceutical Community Mitigation in Response to Human Infections with Swine Influenza (H1N1) Virus
Provides non-medical information and recommendations on how to contain and combat swine flu in your community.
Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use in Certain Community Settings
Provides information and recommendations on facemask and respirator use for reducing the risk and spread of swine flu.
Plan & Prepare - Pandemic Home
Provides updated federal, state, and local information from PandemicFlu.gov.
International Information
Provides up-to-date international information from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the swine flu pandemic.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Updated Guidance for K-12 Schools for the Fall Season
CDC Guidance on School (K-12) Dismissal and Childcare Facilities
Guidance for Child Care programs, Schools, Colleges and Universities
WORKPLACE RESOURCES
Example: Dear Colleague Letter for state agencies/employers (Sept. 1, 2009)
OTHER RESOURCES - FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS
Multi-media H1N1 general information resources in eleven other languages (Amharic, Arabic, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish & Vietnamese) provided by ECHO Minnesota, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health. http://www.echominnesota.org/H1N1
Portable Document Format (.pdf)
Some of the documents published are in .pdf format. The free viewer can be
downloaded here.
Related Information
- About Swine Influenza (Flu)
- About Seasonal Flu
- Things you can do
- Recommendations for Parents and Caregivers
- Recommendations for Health Care Providers
- Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use in Certain Community Settings
- Plan & Prepare - Pandemic Home
- International Information
- Maryland Epidemiological Information
- Be a Flu Fighter