title: Pandemic influenza preparedness and response among immigrants and refugees.
abstract: Some immigrants and refugees might be more vulnerable than other groups to pandemic influenza because of preexisting health and social disparities, migration history, and living conditions in the United States. Vulnerable populations and their service providers need information to overcome limited resources, inaccessible health services, limited English proficiency and foreign language barriers, cross-cultural misunderstanding, and inexperience applying recommended guidelines. To increase the utility of guidelines, we searched the literature, synthesized relevant findings, and examined their implications for vulnerable populations and stakeholders. Here we summarize advice from an expert panel of public health scientists and service program managers who attended a meeting convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 1 and 2, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.affiliation: Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Mailstop E-67, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. btruman@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Benedict I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Truman
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tinker
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: Bryan K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kapella
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brenden
authors.forename: Celine V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Woznica
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lichtveld
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012036:Refugees; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D035862:Vulnerable Populations