RAND Research Topic: H1N1 Influenza 2012-05-24T14:56:45Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/h1n1-influenza.html Trends in Risk Perceptions and Vaccination Intentions: A Longitudinal Study of the First Year of the H1N1 Pandemic http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120052.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012 This study seeks to evaluate longitudinal trends in people's risk perceptions and vaccination intentions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Web-Based Tool for Parents of Children with Flu-Like Symptoms Piloted at DC-Area Hospitals http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/03/15.html Mar 15, 2012 Mar 15, 2012 Researchers from the RAND Corporation and other institutions have begun pilot-testing a web-based tool designed to help parents and adult caregivers determine whether to seek urgent medical attention for a sick child with flu-like symptoms. Support for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Requirements Among US Healthcare Personnel http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120083.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012 A majority of HCP support influenza vaccination requirements. Moreover, providing HCP with information about the safety of influenza vaccination and communicating that immunization of HCP is a patient safety issue may be important for generating staff support for influenza vaccination requirements. Heed Film Lessons on Outbreak http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/29/AJC.html Dec 29, 2011 Dec 29, 2011 To assure the health security of the United States, we must be capable of stopping anything a terrorist or Mother Nature might throw at us. Wholesale cuts to public health are taking us farther from that goal, write Art Kellermann and Melinda Moore. Response to the 2009-H1n1 Influenza Pandemic in the Mekong Basin: Surveys of Country Health Leaders http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100200.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011 Cooperation among the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance countries improved their response to the 2009 H1N1 virus in areas previously considered problematic. Contact and Communication with Healthcare Providers Regarding Influenza Vaccination During the 2009-2010 H1N1 Pandemic http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100105.html May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 Communication between healthcare providers and adults about influenza vaccination was relatively uncommon during the 2009-2010 pandemic. Increased communication could significantly enhance influenza vaccination rates. What Is the Impact of Workplace Policies to Promote Influenza Vaccination Among Health Care Personnel? http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9591.html Apr 20, 2011 Apr 20, 2011 Health care personnel who were offered vaccination at work were much more likely to be vaccinated for seasonal flu and pandemic flu than those who were not offered vaccination at work. Workplace Efforts to Promote Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Personnel and Their Association with Uptake During the 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110036.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011 Making influenza vaccination available to healthcare personnel at work could increase uptake and highlight the need to reach beyond hospitals in promoting vaccination among these workers. Vaccine Myths Could Cost Lives: They Don't Give You Autism, and They'll Hardly Ever Make You Sick http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/01/13/NYDN.html Jan 13, 2011 Jan 13, 2011 Immunization remains the best and first line of defense against serious infectious illness. This year's seasonal flu shot incorporates vaccine for H1N1. It's safe, and it's vitally important to get it, write Art Kellermann and Katherine Harris. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Uptake and Location of Vaccination for 2009-H1n1 and Seasonal Influenza http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110097.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010 This article describes findings from a group of experts assembled to help improve the science of patient safety.. More Resources Must Be Focused on Understanding Why Many Americans Avoid Flu Vaccine http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100170.html Nov 23, 2010 Nov 23, 2010 More research is needed to improve understanding of Americans' reluctance to be vaccinated against the flu to better prepare the nation for a future pandemic flu outbreak. Flu and Far Between http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/09/21/PSR.html Sep 20, 2010 Sep 20, 2010 In a world where viruses travel as fast as jets, it becomes important for governments to share timely information and accelerate the production and delivery of vaccines, writes Melinda Moore. Web-based Self-Triage of Influenza-Like Illness During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100098.html Aug 31, 2010 Aug 31, 2010 A RAND team designed a web-based support tool using clinical algorithms to help minimally trained health care workers and laypeople make informed decisions about care-seeking for influenza-like illness. Perceived Seriousness of Seasonal and A(H1N1) Influenzas, Attitudes Toward Vaccination, and Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Adults: Does the Source of Information Matter? http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100080.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009 Information campaigns made more adults concerned about a pandemic, but didn't reassure them sufficiently about H1N1 vaccine safety and effectiveness that they got the vaccine. The H1N1 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Cities Readiness Initiative http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2009/09/14/h1n1_pandemic_lessons_learned.html Sep 13, 2009 Sep 13, 2009 <p>In this Congressional Briefing held on September 14, 2009, researchers Christopher Nelson and Edward Chan discuss RAND's recently published evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative, which helps the nation's largest metropolitan areas develop the ability to rapidly deliver life-saving medications and other medical supplies to their populations. The study has implications for pandemic influenza and other federal public health preparedness programs.</p> Risk Communication in the Early Stages of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Alert: How Effective Were State and Local Public Health Departments? http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9466.html Aug 11, 2009 Aug 11, 2009 <p>Presents an assessment of how effectively state and local health departments communicated information regarding the April 2009 H1N1 virus (swine flu) outbreak via the Web to their constituents.</p> Health Departments Get Mixed Marks for Using Web to Communicate About Flu Crisis http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090706.html Jul 6, 2009 Jul 6, 2009 <p>State and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after U.S. officials declared a public health emergency in April.</p>