Resumen de Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Among Public-Housing Residents, Single-Parent Families, and Low-Income Populations.

Karen Bouye, Benedict I. Truman, Sonja Hutchins, Roland Richard, Clive Brown, Joyce A. Guillory, Jamila Rashid

• During the early stages of an influenza pandemic, a pandemic vaccine likely will not be available. Therefore, interventions to mitigate pandemic influenza transmission in communities will be an important component of the response to a pandemic. Public-housing residents, single-parent families, and low-income populations may have difficulty complying with community-wide interventions. To enable compliance with community interventions, stakeholders recommended the following: (1) community mobilization and partnerships, (2) culturally specific emergency communications planning, (3) culturally specific education and training programs, (4) evidence-based measurement and evaluation efforts, (5) strategic planning policies, (6) inclusion of community members as partners, and (7) policy and program changes to minimize morbidity and mortality. (Am J Public Health. 2009;99:S287-S293. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2009.165134) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]