CitizenReady™ Pandemic Influenza Program
The CitizenReady™ Pandemic Influenza program is a standardized, national disaster health education program that can help attain national all-hazards preparedness goals by providing critical medical and mental health information to enable individual citizens to play a more effective role in local disaster planning and response, and ensure their integration into the overall emergency response system.
The CitizenReady program will: (1) provide competency-based education to help citizens protect themselves, assist others, and enhance national efforts to prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events; (2) incorporate ways to make the training widely available; and (3) encourage public participation in local preparedness and response efforts. The course is intended to be delivered at no charge or at cost.
The objectives of CitizenReady Pandemic Influenza are:
- Explain the difference between seasonal and pandemic influenza
- Explain the role of the public health system in an influenza pandemic
- Describe actions communities can take to prepare for an influenza pandemic
- Describe actions you can be take to prepare for an influenza pandemic
- Describe public health directives that may be issued in a pandemic and the rationale behind each
- Describe actions you can take to limit the spread of an influenza pandemic
Please find the CitizenReady presentation, instructor/facilitator materials, and participant handouts below. To successfully use the CitizenReady presentation in the PDF format, view in full screen. The materials are free of charge and will permit the facilitator to deliver a CitizenReady training program in their hometown.
Citizen Ready Instructor/Facilitator Materials
Participant information and pre-assessment
