5041.0 Epidemiology of influenza

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will focus on the epidemiology of the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic. Presentations include surveillance for pandemic influenza in sentinel elementary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania, the effects of weather conditions and seasonality on pandemic influenza in Egypt, and the health system effects of the pandemic surge on ambulatory pediatric emergency departments in New York City.
Session Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the learner (participant) will be able to: 1) Describe the seasonality of human influenza A/H5N1 and the association of human cases with meteorological variables; 2) Describe the epidemiology of ambulatory pediatric ED patients related to the novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak; and 3) Understand challenges of managing public health emergency-related ambulatory pediatric patient surge in primary receiving hospitals.
Moderator:
Perrianne Lurie, MD, MPH

8:30am
Evaluation of the 2009-2010 Pennsylvania Influenza Sentinel School Monitoring System
Vanessa L. Short, PhD, MPH, Kirsten Waller, MD, MPH, Ronald A. Tringali, PhD and Stephen Ostroff, MD
     
8:45am
Managing novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak-related ambulatory pediatric patient surge: A health system perspective
Jane Greenko, EMT-P, MPH, CIC, Donna Armellino, RN,DNP, CIC, Mary Mahoney, RN, BSN, Mary Ann Haran, RN, BSN, Susan Nullet, RN, MS, Christine C. Ginocchio, PhD, Joy Nagelberg, MD, Salvatore Pardo, MD, FACEP, Lorry Rubin, MD and Barbara T. Edwards, MD
        
9:00am
Evaluating the seasonality of human influenza A/H5N1 in Egypt and the effects of weather conditions
Eleanor Murray, MPH and Stephen S. Morse, PhD
     
Introductory Remarks
9:20am
Pandemic severity index: Does the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic measure up with past pandemics?
Bianca Malcolm, MPH and Stephen S. Morse, PhD
     
9:35am
Influenza-associated morbidity in Florida seniors: No association between influenza burden and influenza vaccination coverage
Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Kenneth K. H. Chui, MS, MPH, PhD and Elena Naumova, PhD
     
Discussion

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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