237358 Examination of Public Health Emergency and Response Data from H1N1 planning: A review of the past to prepare for the next H1N1-like pandemic

Monday, October 31, 2011

DeAndrea Martinez, MPH , Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Michael Fanning, MPH , Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Monique Salter, MPH , Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Purpose: A qualitative analysis of self-reported data collected via a monthly assessment from 62 awardees funded to prepare and respond to the H1N1 epidemic through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Public Health Emergency Response (PHER) grant. Methods: The data used were from PHER monthly assessments. From October 2009 to March 2010, 62 PHER awardees self-reported monthly on how the PHER funds were expended. The monthly assessments contained information on expenditures, barriers, urgent program needs, and lessons learned. Each of the 62 PHER awardees provided qualitative data on urgent program needs.

Results: The qualitative results illustrated that 31% of awardees (19 out of 62) had at least one urgent program need. The provisional data show that 16% of awardees had issues with vaccines, 21% expressed issues with getting additional supplies, and communication between federal, state, local agencies, and/or the general public were an issue for approximately 63% while the availability of funding was an issue for 37% of awardees. This presentation will focus on the urgent program needs which were categorized into themes. Conclusions: Based on the results of the qualitative analysis, urgent program needs were identified in the areas of vaccine availability, communication, availability of funds, and supplies to help the public health community to prepare and respond to the next H1N1-like pandemic. Additional resources and guidance were identified by awardees as urgent needs in various programmatic areas.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Program planning
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Identify urgent program needs that 62 awardees had during the H1N1 crisis to help prepare for the next H1N1-like crisis.

Keywords: Assessments, Funding

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I have analyzed and research Public Health Emergency & Response data for H1N1 planning.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.