In the interest of helping fellow librarians, here's a compilation of shared library links via our Twitter group and other health information specialists regarding the current H1N1 (swine) flu situation.
News
Hospitals Used New Communication Tools During Swine Flu Scare from HealthLeaders Media
Pandemic Flu: Lessons from the Front Lines - Trust for America's Health report on initial response to H1N1 outbreak
Special Database Resources
CABI Global Health NetVibes dashboard
EBSCO (DynaMed) free evidence-based information portal
Gale H1N1 widget - If you are not a Gale customer, use "h1n1guest" as the location ID to access the widget.
Krames Patient Education: Free Swine Flu Patient education handouts
Lancet H1N1 Flu Resource Center
NEJM H1N1 Influenza Center
PLoS Currents: Influenza - open access, moderated resource from the Public Library of Science
Public Health Resources
CABI Global Health NetVibes dashboard
You Can Stop the Flu is a site designed for pharmacists to encourage healthcare workers get immunized.
Public Health Emergency: Tools & Resources for Influenza Preparedness Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Swine influenza A (H1N1) in US & Mexico: Potential for a Pandemic just in time lecture via Supercouse (WHO Collaborating Center, U Pittsburgh)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
PubMed Citations
Search (swine OR H1N1) AND (flu OR influenza OR virus OR outbreak OR pandemic) AND "last 6 months"[edat]
EnviroHealth 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu -information in Spanish at the bottom of the page
MedlinePlus - Swine Flu
MedlinePlus - Gripe porcina
NCBI GenBank 2009 H1N1 influenza - from the NIAID Influenza Genome Sequencing Project combined with tools for flu sequence analysis and annotation.
NIH Library -Swine Flu Resources
Rapid Research Notes (RRN) - NLM open access resource, currently featuring H1N1 but may expand in future. Learn more here.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
10 Steps You Can Take - Novel H1N1 planning & response for medical facilities and outpatient centers
CDC Social Media Tools for Consumers & Partners - 2009 H1N1 widgets, videos, podcasts, Twitter accounts & more
@cdcemergency on Twitter
CDC H1N1 Flu
Pan American Health Organization
Epidemiological Updates. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Swine flu RSS feed
Epic and Pandemic Alert & Response (EPR)
Multiple Languages Information
Information on H1N1 "Swine Flu" and Pandemic Influenza - Asian Languages info from SPIRAL
MedlinePlus - Gripe porcina
Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN)- CDC Health Advisory in multiple languages
Sage Words Health Literacy Materials - Low literacy materials in English and Spanish
Accessible Swine Flu Information from the National Association of the Deaf
'Stop Germs, Stay Healthy!' swine flu PDFs in 17 languages from King County Public Health (Seattle, WA)
International Sources
Canada
Swine Flu in Canada - Information Sources
China
Special Report - World Tackles Influenza A [H1N1]
France
Updates from the French Dept. of Health
Germany
http://www.schweinegrippe-h1n1.seuchen-info.de/
Ulrich Shrader's Website has information in English and in German.
The Robert Koch Institut collected links at a variety of reading levels in German.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Center for Health Protection
Mexico
Website from Mexico's Secretary of Health.
The Netherlands
Mexicaanse griep
North America
H1N1 Flu & International Education Information & Resources contains very detailed spreadsheets by region.
LibGuides & Librarian-Created Resources
Creekview High School LibGuide
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign LibGuide
University of Iowa Libraries LibGuide
University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries LibGuide
Vanderbilt University - Eskind Library Swine Flu Info
Various other LibGuides via 'swine flu' search
Alaska Medical Library's April 2009 H1N1 newsletter
Kirklin Clinic Patient Resource Library's Swine Flu Links
Patricia Anderson's iGoogle H1N1 Swine Flu tab (updated 3 May)
Dean Giustini's Swine Flu in Canada - Information Sources
Erika Sevetson's Swine Flu Delicious bookmarks
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