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CIDRAP’s Promising Practices website is a repository of locally created preparedness programs that can serve as an outline for other communities to learn from or follow. Local health departments, agencies, and volunteer groups have shared their experiences in the hopes that what they’ve learned can be of use to others.
I’ve blogged on this ongoing effort a number of times in the past, and whenever a new crop of practices gets posted, I like to highlight them. Some past blogs include:
CIDRAP’s Promising Practices
CIDRAP: Promising Practices For Pandemic Planning
Promising Practices: Neighborhood Emergency Teams
Promising Practices: Psychological First Aid
If you are interested in starting a community preparedness program, rather than re-invent the wheel, a visit to this website makes a lot of sense.
Here is how CIDRAP describes it:
Promising Practices News and Site Updates:
CIDRAP's Promising Practices site has undergone some exciting changes. Initially created to enhance preparedness, the Promising Practices collection is now being updated frequently to include useful strategies and practices in the H1N1 response. State and local health departments are sharing their stories to support one another and conserve resources in the face of this major public health challenge.
Public health planners and others can go to www.CIDRAPpractices.org to learn about timely H1N1 responses, including: prioritizing and distributing vaccines; distributing antivirals; reaching special groups; communicating about H1N1; and managing personal protective equipment.
Whether you're looking for tips on handling a school-based vaccination clinic, tracking PPE in healthcare facilities, or just trying to understand what it takes to meet the public's needs in an influenza pandemic, this site may provide you with useful tools and tips.
CIDRAP is working with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) to bring you this collection of timely practices in H1N1 response. You can also submit your own practices for consideration by clicking "Submit a Practice" on the Web site home page. We hope you find these new practices helpful, and as always, your feedback is appreciated.
New practices on the site:
- School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Clinics at Each K-12 School (RI) includes recommendations, parent letters, consent forms, safety FAQs, posters, and videos useful in holding school vaccination clinics. View Practice
- The Minnesota H1N1 FluLine can recommend hospital evaluation or prescribe antivirals to callers with influenza symptoms. View Practice
- The Healthcare Facility Inventory of Respiratory Protection Equipment (MN) assists hospitals in assessing whether their respirator supply is adequate or requires conservation. View Practice
- Arkansas School-Based Vaccination Clinics describes the state's process for administering seasonal and H1N1 vaccine in more than 1,000 public and private schools. View Practice
- The Operational Framework for Partnering with Pharmacies for Administration of 2009 H1N1 Vaccine assists health departments in partnering with pharmacies as a resource for vaccination sites. View Practice
- H1N1 Materials in Multiple Languages: Basic Information, Special Groups, and School Vaccination Clinics (RI) includes basic information on H1N1, specific advisories that affect groups such as the homeless, and communication materials necessary for conducting a school vaccination clinic. View Practice
- H1N1 Foreign and Sign Language Resources (CO) provides posters, fact sheets, and multimedia in 32 languages. View Practice
- Emergency and Community Health Outreach (MN) has been updated with resources in 12 languages on H1N1 vaccination, vaccine priority groups, hand hygiene, and staying home when sick. View Practice
- H1N1 Fact Sheets in Multiple Languages (CT) provides materials in 8 languages, including information on communicating with children. View Practice
- H1N1 Public Service Announcements in American Sign Language provides overviews of H1N1 symptoms, prevention, and treatment. View Practice
