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Collaboration in state health departments on the immunization program during the H1N1 response
Redd SC , Kosmos CA . Biosecur Bioterror 2012 10 (1) 155-7 The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic was the longest and most intense public health response since the improvements in public health preparedness were initiated in the years after the 2001 World Trade Center and anthrax attacks. In addition to this general preparedness and response work, more focused preparations for an influenza pandemic were begun in 2005 with additional resources and focus as the H5N1 virus emerged in Asia and policymakers recognized its potential to cause a catastrophic public health emergency. These preparations undoubtedly set the stage for the work undertaken to respond to the H1N1 pandemic.1 In looking back on the H1N1 pandemic, it is vital that we work to understand what elements of our preparation were most effective and how our response might have been improved, so that we can prepare and respond more effectively in the future. The research reported in this issue of the Journal by Chamberlain and colleagues is an important contribution to what we must learn from the experiences of the H1N1 pandemic.2 The work was conducted by 1 of 9 CDC-funded Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers; each pursues multidisciplinary public health systems research aimed at improving the nation's public health system preparedness and response capabilities. | With the aim of improving emergency immunization efforts, the Chamberlain et al article offers insights into the perspectives of immunization program managers on work done before and during the H1N1 immunization program. Although conditions differed in states, there are at least 3 general lessons. The first is that the routine, everyday public health systems are the foundation for public health responses. The second lesson is that an effective planning process must delineate how those everyday systems will be adapted to create a unified response system, where capabilities from multiple public health areas must work together. And third, an exercise and training program is necessary to assure that the people who will be staffing the response understand and have practiced their roles as envisioned in the response plan. We briefly review these 3 lessons and what the Chamberlain et al article teaches us about the collaboration between state preparedness directors and immunization program managers. |
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