Pandemic Influenza Community Planning Modules

The following modules were created by experts in public health planning, epidemiology, volunteer coordination and public information. They have been used very successfully to help communities in southwest Missouri work through the issues of preparing for an influenza pandemic.

• Read Me First
• Cover Sheet
• CD Label
• Module Outline
• Module 1 - Seasonal Influenza versus Pandemic Influenza
  • Resources:
    • Pandemic Influenza Background
    • Fact Sheet - Seasonal Influenza
    • Seasonal Influenza versus Pandemic Influenza
• Module 2 - Roles and Responsibilities
  • Resources:
    • Checklist - Businesses
    • Checklist - Child Care and Pre-School Centers
    • Checklist - Colleges and Universities
    • Checklist - Faith-Based Organizations
    • Checklist - Individuals
    • Checklist - Schools
    • Planning - Businesses
    • Planning - Child Care Centers
    • Planning - Colleges and Universities
    • Planning - Schools
    • Planning - Faith-Based Organizations
    • Planning - Families and Individuals
• Module 3 - Joint Information Center
  • Resources:
    • JIC Template Plan
    • Checklist - Public Information Officer
• Module 4 - Messages and Audiences
  • Resources:
    • Rumor Control Log
• Module 5 - Messages and Media
• Module 6 - Epidemiology
  • Resources:
    • Influenza Symptoms and Laboratory Diagnostic Procedures
    • Influenza Image
    • Reassortment Image
• Module 7 - Social Distancing Measures
• Module 8 - Social Distancing Problems
  • Resources:
    • Fact Sheet - Disease Control Measures
• Module 9 - Prophylaxis and Vaccination
• Module 10 - Volunteer Recruitment and Coordination
• Module 11 - Sustaining Community Life
• Module 12 - Mass Medical Care and Mass Fatalities
  • Resources:
    • 1918 Deaths by Date
• Module 13 - Recovery