Businesses:
Community Mitigation:
Confirmed Cases in Connecticut
Employers:
Fact Sheets:
- Novel H1N1 Influenza: What Connecticut Residents Need to Know
- Coping with Influenza-Related Stress
- CDC: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and You
- US Department of Agriculture: Swine Flu FAQs
- CDC: What To Do If You Get Flu-Like Symptoms
- CDC: Information for Parents and Caregivers
- CDC: Advice for Parents on Talking to Children About Novel H1N1 Flu (Formerly Swine Flu) Concerns
- CDC: Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and Feeding Your Baby: What Parents Should Know
- CDC: What Pregnant Women Should Know About H1N1 (formerly called swine flu) Virus
Farmworker Health:
Flu IQ:
- Information on Flu Vaccination (pdf)
- Chinese (traditional)
- Haitian Creole
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Spanish
- Russian
- Vietnamese
- Chinese (traditional)
- Haitian Creole
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Spanish
- Russian
- Vietnamese
- Chinese (traditional)
- Haitian Creole
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Spanish
- Russian
- Vietnamese
- Chinese (traditional)
- Haitian Creole
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Spanish
- Russian
- Vietnamese
Home Care:
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Swine Influenza A (H1N1): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home (Spanish)
- American Red Cross: Caring for Others During Pandemic Flu
Articles
- The Epidemic of Influenza in Connecticut - Published April 1919
- Reflections on the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program - January 2006
- Novel H1N1 and Pandemic Flu articles - Published May 7, 2009
Plans
Podcasts:
Presentations:
Prevention/Preparedness:
-
Don't Share - Pictogram flyer with general flu prevention messaging
- Clean Hands Save Lives - Flyer
- Cover Your Cough - Spanish
- Flu Watch: Be Prepared For Pandemic Flu Campaign
- 8-Panel Brochure - English (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Spanish (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Chinese (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Haitian Creole (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Polish (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Portuguese (pdf)*
- 8-Panel Brochure - Vietnamese (pdf)*
- Poster - English (pdf)*
- Poster - Spanish (pdf)*
- Poster - Chinese (pdf)*
- Poster - Haitian Creole (pdf)*
- Poster - Polish (pdf)*
- Poster - Brazilian Portuguese (pdf)*
- Poster - Russian (pdf)*
- Poster - Vietnamese (pdf)*
- Business Checklist (pdf)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint)
- PowerPoint Presentation Guide (Word)
- Bilingual Flyer (pdf)
- Grocery/Pharmacy Bag Stuffer (pdf)
- Newspaper Advertisement (pdf)
- Message from Governor M. Jodi Rell (wmv)
*To order pandemic influenza brochures or posters, please send an email to dph.communications@ct.gov or call (860) 509-7270. Be sure to include the language(s) that you are ordering, the quantity for each language, a mailing address, and a person's name to whom the brochures will be sent.
Reports:
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending June 6, 2009
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending May 30, 2009
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending May 23, 2009
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending May 16, 2009
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending May 9, 2009
- Influenza Activity Report: Week Ending May 2, 2009
Schools/Daycares/Camps
Talking Points:
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When new infectious disease illnesses emerge, the potential to stigmatize people, places, animals, or products exists. If a particular parasite, virus, bacteria, or toxin evokes an instant negative association with a particular ethnic/racial/age/gender group—stigmatization is already occurring.
- CDC Talking Points 8/7/09
- CDC Talking Points 6/11/09 - Pandemic Phase 6
- CDC Talking Points 6-05-09
- CDC Talking Points 5/3/09
- DPH Talking Points for LHDs, 4/29/09
- CDC Talking Points 4/29/09
- DPH Talking Points for LHDs, 4/28/09
- CDC Talking Points 4/28/09
Website Template:
- H1N1 vaccine website template
Additional Resources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Main Swine Flu Website: www.cdc.gov/swineflu
- Guidance for Clinicians and Public Health Professionals: www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance
- Key Facts: www.cdc.gov/swineflu/key_facts.htm
Department of Health and Human Services
- Public Health Emergency Declaration: www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/federal/fedresponsestages.html
World Health Organization
- Swine Flu Page: www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
- Pandemic Alert System/Levels: www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html
