Organizations

Overview

Leaders and members of community and faith-based organizations play an important role in helping to keep communities healthy during the flu season or a pandemic outbreak. The tools and resources listed here provide CFBOs with guidance and action plans to help limit the spread of flu.

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Community Planning

H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations ()
This document was produced by the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Community and Faith-Based Organizations ()
Find fact sheets, easy-to-use template letters or e-mails, and other materials to assist community and faith-based organizations communicate about the flu, including seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu, with their staff, members, and those served in their communities.

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Checklist

Faith-Based & Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklist (Flu.gov )
Identifies specific action for community organizations to prepare for a pandemic.

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Vaccines

H1N1 Tort Liability Immunity (Flu.gov )
The H1N1 vaccine declaration provides tort liability immunity to a group named "program planners". Program planners can include private sector individuals and organizations, community groups, schools or businesses.

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Guidelines

Face Masks and Respirator Use (CDC )

CDC Recommendations for the Amount of Time Persons with Influenza-Like Illness Should be Away from Others ()

CDC Guidance for Emergency Shelters for the 2009-2010 Flu Season ()

CDC: Interim Guidance on Day and Residential Camps in Response to Human Infections with the Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus ()

CDC: Guidance for Public Gatherings in Response to Human Infections with Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ()

Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation ()
CDC guidelines on actions, designed primarily to reduce contact between people, that community government and health officials can take to try to limit the spread of infection should a pandemic flu develop. Appendix 8 () contains information for faith-based and community organizations.

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Planning Guides

Plan Now to be Ready for the Next Flu Pandemic ()

Interim Planning Consideration for Mass Gatherings in the Context of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza (World Health Organization )
Get risk assessment, planning and coordination, detection, monitoring, and transmission reduction of event-related flu, medical management , and public health messages guidance.

Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide (U.S Department of Health and Human Services )
For State, local, community, and facility planners, this guide discusses ethical and legal issues, and considerations regarding pre-hospital care, hospital/acute care, palliative care, and alternative care sites. Chapter 8 is a 29-page case study for a flu pandemic.

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