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Tools and Resources to Engage Community
Partners in Emergency Preparedness
APC RoadshowOrlando, FloridaJuly 27-28, 2009
Goal
• At the end of this APC session participants will be able to engage community partners in preparing for a pandemic influenza using the tools and resources described.
Presentation Objectives• Describe three tools that will assist you
in working with your community in pandemic flu preparedness
• Discuss how the pandemic flu tools and resources presented in this session can be used by public health agencies and other organizations
• Identify two strategies to engage
community partners
Engaging Community Partners in Preparedness
Washington Post
Who are Our Community Partners?
• Faith Communities• Businesses• Home Health Care• Pharmacists• Child Care• Universities
• School Systems• Physicians• Nurses • Schools of Public
Health• Hospitals• Many others..
Why Should Local Public Health Departments Engage Community Partners
in Preparing for a Pandemic Flu?
• Hospitals will be overwhelmed• Public Health staff will be detailed to other
duties• 40% of the workforce may be absent
and/or sick• Need to reduce morbidity and mortality• Limit economic disruption
Why Engage Community Partners?
Washington Post, 1-12-07
Three Tools/Resources
• Stop the Spread! A Toolkit for Preventing the Spread of Germs in Clinics and Office Settings
• Pan Flu & Us: Linking Home Care and Public Health: A Toolkit for Developing a Pandemic Flu Preparedness Workshop
• Stay at Home Toolkit
Stop the Spread! A Toolkit for Preventing the Spread of Germs in Clinics and Office Settings
• Why Don’t We Do it in Our Sleeves-video
Stop the Spread! A Toolkit for Preventing the Spread of Germs in Clinics and Office Settings-THE NEED
1. Approximately 50% (45 million) of those who become infected with the pandemic flu, would seek medical care.
2. The medical community must be able to provide care for those who become infected with pandemic influenza while still maintaining other essential medical services.
3. The medical community are significant contributors to the economy as employers, purchasers of goods and services, and generators of income to health care organizations.
• In Maryland the total economic impact of family physicians per year is $914,668,659
How is Montgomery County, Maryland Public Health Services Partnering with the Medical Community?
• Surveillance• Outbreak Investigations• March 20, 2007: Practice Preparedness for
Pan Flu Conference (Primary Care Medical Community)
• Montgomery County, APC: Stop the Spread! A Toolkit for Preventing the Spread of Germs in Clinics and Office Settings
Stop the Spread!-Development
• Inspired by the medical office conference in March 2007
• Need to engage physician offices and clinics in preparing for pandemic flu
• Collaboration with the State of Maryland
• Usability and Content Experts • Dissemination Plan• Benefits/Challenges
Stop the Spread! -Materials
•Contents Include:•Audio-Video Presentation
•Information for Clinic Staff and Patient Information
•Materials (PDF)
•Original Files Available upon request
PREVENTING PREVENTING TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION
OF RESPIRATORY OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASESINFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICS AND OFFICE SETTINGSIN CLINICS AND OFFICE SETTINGS
BRENDA J. ROUP, PhD, RN, CICBRENDA J. ROUP, PhD, RN, CICNURSE CONSULTANT IN INFECTION CONTROLNURSE CONSULTANT IN INFECTION CONTROL
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENEAND MENTAL HYGIENE
Office and Clinic Information
Infection Control Educational Signage
Patient Materials
Stop the Spread!-Evaluation
• Worked with medical offices and clinics
• Content experts in infection control• Other local health departments
continue to provide valuable feedback
Pan Flu & Us: Linking Home Care and Public Health: A Toolkit for Developing a Pandemic Flu Preparedness Workshop
Pan Flu & Us: THE NEED
• Home care agencies appear to be a common thread for many vulnerable populations
• Encourage personal preparedness for staff as well as people they serve
Pan Flu & Us-Development
• March 2008 Conference in Montgomery County, MD
• Partnership with local home care agencies
• A product for LHDs to engage the Home Care Community
• Simple guidance
Pan Flu & Us-Materials• Toolkit available for
LHDs or others to host a similar conference in their locality
• Materials online only-in PDF, MS Word, and MS Publisher
• First step in relationship with home care
Plan Flu & Us-Evaluation• Appropriate method to reach the target
population• 90% of participants felt confident they
could explain flu preparedness to their clients
• Introduced public health to home care• Many home care agencies had not
considered pan flu and how it would impact their services
• Many home care agencies have competing demand for their time
• High level of staff turnover in home care
Stay at Home Toolkit
Stay at Home Toolkit-Need
• Encourage people to stay home when they are sick-shelter in place
• Isolation/Quarantine• How to care for themselves, family,
friends, neighbors• Prevent “worried well” from
presenting at hospitals
Stay at Home Toolkit-Development
• Local Health Officer directive• Developed with focus groups
(seniors, churches, nurses)• Use for seasonal influenza as well as
pandemic influenza• Deliver with isolation/quarantine
orders
Stay At Home Toolkit
• Basic 101 on all different aspects of influenza including prevention and care giving
• Available at: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/pandemicflu
• Adapted by many localities
Stay at Home Toolkit-Evaluation
• Continue to receive feedback from local health departments and residents
• Low literacy version being developed with key messages and less text-available in Fall 2009
COOP Tip Sheet
• Guides local health departments through the second phase of COOP planning, the process of identifying critical functions and services.
• Montgomery County APC provides a case study of the process through the eyes of the county’s Communicable Disease & Epidemiology Program.
Other APC Tools and Resources to Engage Community Partners
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness.aspx
Tarrant County, TX APC-Preparing Your Business for Emergencies, Natural &
Man-Made Disasters
Twin Cities Metro, MN APC
Training for EHP
Food Readiness
EH Planning
Contact Brian Golob at: [email protected] or go to NACCHO APC toolbox at www.naccho.org/apc
On the Horizon
Montgomery APC Tools/Resources to Engage Community Partners
• COOP training for child care providers—based upon a pandemic flu used to help LHDs engage child care partners
• Pharmacy toolkit—for local health departments to engage pharmacists
Group Activity
• Goals:– For group members to share with each other
how they are preparing their communities for pandemic influenza (or H1N1)
– For group members to explore with Montgomery County, APC their thoughts on additional tools and resources needed for preparation, response and recovery from pandemic influenza (or H1N1)
Group Activity Guide
• Each group will answer each question• Choose one spokesperson for your group• Choose a recorder for your group, to
record your answers• Report answers back to the larger group
Group Activity1. How have you engaged community partners in
preparing for pandemic influenza (or H1N1)? 2. What are some of the barriers/challenges you are
encountering in preparing your community for pandemic influenza (or H1N1)?
3. What tools and resources would be helpful for you in preparing for pandemic influenza (or H1N1)?
4. What other tools and resources are you aware of that have helped you prepare for pandemic influenza (or H1N1)?
5. What types of formats are best for your locality (CD-ROM, hard copies, website, DVD, etc.)?
Public Health Video
• http://www.generationpublichealth.org/
Contact Information
Rachel Abbeyand
Betsy [email protected]
All tools and resources mentioned in this presentation can be found at:
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apcOr NACCHO Toolbox at:
www.naccho.org/toolbox