Resources

• American Lung Association.
  American Lung Association
  Dedicated to preventing lung disease and promoting lung health.
• Assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines in healthy children : systematic review.
  Jefferson T., Smith S., Demicheli V., Harnden A., Rivetti A., Di Pietrantonj C.
  - Lancet 2005;365(9465):773-80.
  Elsevier
  » PubMed: 15733718
  Assesses evidence of efficacy and effectiveness of live attenuated and inactivated influenza vaccines in children.
• The association between influenza immunization coverage rates and hospitalization for community acquired pneumonia in Alberta. (PDF: 208k)
  Jin Yan, Carriere Keumhee, Predy Gerry, Johnson David H., Marrie Thomas J.
  - Canadian Journal of Public Health 2001;94(5):341-5.
  Canadian Public Health Association
  » PubMed: 14577740
  Compares regional coverage rates of influenza vaccination to the rates, cost, and mortality for community-acquired pneumonia.
• Avian influenza.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Gives basic information about avian influenza (bird flu), including precautions that can be taken to prevent the disease.
• Avian influenza (CDC).
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Offers general information and links to resources about bird flu.
• Avian influenza (WHO).
  World Health Organization
  Tracks the evolving situation of global cases of human avian influenza and provides access to both technical guidelines and information useful for the general public.
• Benefit of influenza vaccine in health care workers.
  - American Family Physician 1999;60(6).
  American Academy of Family Physicians
  Studies the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in health care workers.
• Canadian immunization guide. (PDF: 4.4m) 7th ed.
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization
  Public Health Agency of Canada; 2006
  Presents information on the immunizing agents available in Canada and their use in the prevention of communicable diseases. Discusses recommendations on routine immunizations and answers queries from providers regarding immunization.
• CATMAT Statement on cruise ship travel. (PDF: 348k)
  Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel
  - Canada Communicable Disease Report 2005;31(ACS-8):1-17.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Discusses the public health challenge posed by cruise ships.
• Common myths about flu shots. (PDF: 59k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2003
  Briefly discusses and refutes three common myths about influenza immunization.
• Consultation with Health Care Professionals and Influenza Immunization among Women in Contact with Young Children. (PDF: 115k)
  Chambers Buxton, Koehoorn.
  - Canadian Journal of Public Health 2010;101(1):15-19.
  Canadian Public Health Association
  Objective: Primary health providers serve an important role in providing and promoting annual influenza immunization to high-risk groups and their close contacts. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether consultation with a medical professional increases the likelihood of receiving a flu shot among women who have given birth in the past five years and to determine whether this association differs by type of medical professional.
  
  Conclusion: Consultation with family doctors was found to have the strongest association with annual flu shots among women in contact with young children, whereas consultation with alternative care providers was found to have an independent inverse association. Given the influenza-associated health risks for young children, medical professionals should promote immunization at the time of consultation for household contacts of young
  
  children, including pregnant women.
• Cost-benefit analysis of a strategy to vaccinate healthy working adults against influenza.
  Nichol Kristin L.
  - Archives of Internal Medicine 2001;161(5):749-59.
  American Medical Association
  » PubMed: 11231710
  Assesses the economic implications of a strategy for annual vaccination of healthy working adults aged between 18 and 64 years.
• Decreasing influenza impact in lodges: 1997-2000 Calgary Regional Health Authority. (PDF: 213k)
  Calgary Regional Health Authority
  - Canadian Journal of Public Health 2001;92(4):291-4.
  Canadian Public Health Association
  » PubMed: 11962115
  Assessed the prevention of influenza outbreaks and their consequences in Calgary senior lodges.
• Economic analysis of influenza vaccination and antiviral treatment for healthy working adults. (PDF: 160k)
  Lee Patrick Y., Matchar David B., Clements Dennis A., Huber Joel, Hamilton John D., Peterson Eric D.
  - Annals of Internal Medicine 2002;137(4):225-31.
  American College of Physicians
  » PubMed: 12186512
  Compares the relative health values of contemporary treatment strategies for influenza in a healthy sample of working adults.
• The effect of influenza on hospitalizations, outpatient visits, and courses of antibiotics in children.
  Neuzil Kathleen Maletic, Mellen Beverly G., Wright Peter F., Mitchel Edward F., Griffin Mitchel, Griffin Marie.
  - New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342(4):225-31.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 10648763
  Measures the disease burden of influenza in a large cohort of healthy children under the age of 15.
• Effect of Influenza Vaccination of Children on Infection in Hutterite Communities: A Randomized Trial. (PDF: 242k)
  Loeb M. et al.
  - Journal of the American Medical Association 2010;303(10):943-950.
  American Medical Association
  Children and adolescents appear to play an important role in the transmission of influenza. Selectively vaccinating youngsters against influenza may interrupt virus transmission and protect those not immunized. The objective of this study was to assess whether vaccinating children and adolescents with inactivated influenza vaccine could prevent influenza in other community members. It was concluded that Immunizing children and adolescents with inactivated influenza vaccine significantly protected unimmunized residents of rural communities against influenza.
• Effectiveness and cost-benefit of influenza vaccination of healthy working adults : a randomized controlled trial.
  Bridges Carolyn Buxton, Thompson William W., Meltzer Martin I., Reeve Gordon R., Talamonti Walter J., Cox Nancy J., Lilac Heather A., Hall Henrietta, Klimov Alexander, Fukuda Keiji.
  - JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association 2000;284(13):1655-63.
  American Medical Association
  » PubMed: 11015795
  Evaluates the effectiveness and cost-benefit of influenza vaccine in preventing influenza-like illness (ILI) and reducing societal costs of ILI among healthy working adults.
• Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of day care children in reducing influenza-related morbidity among household contacts.
  Hurwitz Eugene S., Haber Michael, Chang Albert, Shope Timothy, Teo Siew, Ginsberg Michele, Waecker Norman, Cox Nancy J.
  - JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association 2000;284(13):1677-82.
  Journal of the American Medical Association
  » PubMed: 11015798
  Evaluates the effect of vaccinating day care children on reducing influenza-related morbidity among their household contacts.
• Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the community-dwelling elderly. (PDF: 224k)
  Nichol Kristin L., Nordin James D., Nelson David B., Mullooly John P., Hak Eelko.
  - New England Journal of Medicine 2007;357(14):1439-41.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 17914038
  Examined the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in seniors over the long term.
• The effectiveness of vaccination against influenza in healthy, working adults.
  Nichol Kristin L., Lind April, Margolis Karen L., Murdoch Maureen, McFadden Rodney, Hauge Meri, Magnan Sanne, Drake Mari.
  - New England Journal of Medicine 1995;333(14):889-93.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 7666874
  Describes a study which conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vaccination against influenza in healthy, working adults.
• Effects of influenza vaccination of health care workers on mortality of elderly people.
  Merenstein Daniel J.
  - Journal of Family Practice 2000;49(4):300.
  Dowden Health Media
  » PubMed: 10778830
  Investigates whether vaccination of health care providers working in long-term care facilities lowers mortality and rates of influenza infection in elderly patients.
• Evaluation of ready-to-use and multi-dose influenza vaccine formats in large clinic settings. (PDF: 194k)
  Scheifele David W., Skowronski Danuta, King Arlene, LaJeunesse Carol A., Bjornson Gordean L., Parkyn Helen, Walker Nora, Stefura Elaine.
  - Canadian Journal of Public Health 2000;91(5):329-32.
  Canadian Public Health Association
  » PubMed: 11089283
  Describes a study which attempts to determine if the higher purchase price of pre-filled syringes is offset by savings in time and injection supplies.
• Faces of influenza.
  American Lung Association
  Designed to put a face on influenza in the United States and show first-hand the seriousness of this potentially deadly infectious disease. Features photos and stories from famous and not so famous Americans, who represent each of the influenza high-risk groups.
• Factors influencing childhood influenza immunization.
  Grant Vincent J., Le Saux Nicole, Plint Amy C., Correll Rhonda, Gaboury Isabelle, Ellis Edward, Tam Theresa W.S.
  - Canadian Medical Association Journal 2003;168(1):39-41.
  Canadian Medical Association
  » PubMed: 12515783
  Evaluated parents of children who presented to an emergency department between January and March following the launch of a publicly funded influenza immunization program.
• fightflu.ca.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Welcome to fightflu.ca, your one-stop access to online information and resources about influenza, from the Government of Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments. This unique pan-Canadian portal has been designed to answer your flu-related questions to help you and your family stay healthy and prevent the spread of the flu and other infectious diseases.
• FluWatch.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Links to home page of FluWatch, Canada’s national influenza surveillance system. Includes information and links.
• Framing effects on expectations, decisions and side effects experienced: the case of influenza immunization. (PDF: 926k)
  O’Connor Annette M., Pennie Ross A., Dales Robert E.
  - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1996;49(11):1271-6.
  Elsevier
  » PubMed: 8892495
  Examines the effects of using positive or negative frames to describe influenza vaccine benefits and side effects on patients’ expectations, decisions, decisional conflict, and reported side effects. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jclinepi.
• Getting your shots (CPS).
  Canadian Paediatric Society; 2003
  Offers information on vaccines in Canada, written in plain language. Includes pamphlets on 5-in-1, measles, mumps and rubella, Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, chickenpox, pneumococcal vaccine, and meningococcal vaccine.
• Helping healthcare workers decide: evaluation of an influenza immunization decision tool.
  McCarthy Lafleur, Sutherland, Lam, Roth, O'Connor, Chambers.
  - Canadian Journal of Infection Control 2010;25(1).
  » PubMed: 20469656
  Healthcare workers (HCW) experience decisional conflict or uncertainty of the best alternative when deciding about influenza immunization. Despite free and easy access to influenza vaccine, and resource consuming campaigns, immunization rates among HCW remain unacceptably low. This is in part due to decisional conflict, which may be alleviated by a decision aid. To address this issue we developed the Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid (OIDA) to help HCW make an informed decision about influenza immunization. Results of this study support the OIDA as a useful tool for HCWs considering influenza immunization.
• Immunize your kids! (CCIAP). (PDF: 100k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2009
  Describes how immunization works and lists recommended vaccinations for children. For best results print this brochure on letter-sized paper. (Choose File > Page Setup; under Orientation pick Landscape, and in the drop-down menu, under Paper pick Letter. Click OK and then print as usual.
• The impact of influenza and influenza-like illness on productivity and healthcare resource utilization in a working population.
  Keech M., Scott A.J., Ryan P.J.
  - Occupational Medicine 1998;48(2):85-90.
  Oxford Journals
  » PubMed: 9614766
  Outlines the impact of influenza or influenza-like illness (I/ILI) on productivity.
• Influenza (Health Canada).
  Health Canada
  Offers general information about the flu, including sections on seasonal influenza, avian influenza, and pandemic influenza.
• Influenza (Mayo Clinic).
  Mayo Clinic; 2007
  Offers general information about the flu, including: signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, complications, treatment, prevention, and self-care.
• Influenza (PHAC).
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Offers general information about the flu.
• Influenza bibliography.
  National Institute for Medical Research
  Provides links to issues of the Influenza Bibliography.
• Influenza Bulletin # 1: Influenza vaccine safety. (PDF: 407k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2008
• Influenza Bulletin # 2: Why should I get a flu shot? (PDF: 341k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2008
• Influenza Bulletin # 3: Seniors and the flu shot. (PDF: 391k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2008
• Influenza Bulletin # 4: Influenza and pregnancy. (PDF: 382k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2008
• Influenza immunization : frequently asked questions. (PDF: 93k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
  Answers common questions about the flu and influenza vaccination.
• Influenza Immunization Campaigns for Healthcare Personnel: A New Approach - Call for Participation in Research Study. (PDF: 511k)
  Canadian Healthcare Influenza Immunization Network; 2010
  The Canadian Healthcare Influenza Immunization Network is seeking Canadian healthcare organizations who are motivated to increase the number of healthcare personnel receiving the influenza vaccine each year.
• Influenza immunization for high risk populations.
  Gemmil Ian.
  - Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2000;16(9):1075-6.
  Pulsus
  » PubMed: 11021949
  Discusses the importance of annual influenza vaccinations for vulnerable populations, particularly adults and children with chronic cardiac or pulmonary disorders.
• Influenza immunization guide for pharmacists.
  Canadian Pharmacists Association; 2008
  Developed for pharmacists as a step-by-step guide to initiating an influenza immunization program in their pharmacies.
• Influenza immunization in long-term care facilities.
  Walling Anne D.
  - American Family Physician 2000;61(11).
  American Academy of Family Physicians
  Describes a study which examined the effect of influenza immunization of health care workers on mortality rates in elderly patients in long-term care hospitals.
• Influenza pandemic threat: current situation (WHO).
  World Health Organization
  Gives information regarding the current level of pandemic influenza alert. Provides advice to the public and information about preparedness measures.
• Influenza vaccination and reduction in hospitalizations for cardiac disease and stroke among the elderly. (PDF: 132k)
  Nichol Kristin L., Nordin James, Mullooly John, Lask Richard, Fillbrandt Kelly, Iwane Marika.
  - New England Journal of Medicine 2003;348(14):1322-32.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 12672859
  Describes a study which assessed the influence of vaccination against influenza on the risk of hospitalization for heart disease and stroke, hospitalization for pneumonia and influenza, and death from all causes.
• Influenza vaccination for health care workers: a duty of care.
  Orr Pamela.
  - Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology 1999;10(6).
  Pulsus
  Discusses vaccination of health care workers for influenza, which has been shown to reduce influenza among both the workers and the patients for whom they care.
• Influenza vaccination in Alberta long-term care facilities. (PDF: 219k)
  Russell M. L.
  - Canadian Medical Association Journal 2001;164(10):1423-7.
  Canadian Medical Association
  » PubMed: 11387914
  Describes the influenza vaccination policies and programs, as well as vaccination rates, for staff and residents of long-term care institutions in Alberta.
• Influenza vaccine (CPS).
  Canadian Paediatric Society; 2005
  Counsels parents on whether their child should get a flu shot, and about the safety of influenza vaccines.
• Influenza vaccine efficacy in young, healthy adults. (PDF: 185k)
  Grotto I., Mandel Y., Green M.S., Varsano N., Gsalevich M., Ashkenazi I., Shemer J.
  - Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;26(4):913-7.
  University of Chicago Press
  » PubMed: 9564475
  Discusses research which studied the efficacy of influenza vaccine among young, healthy military personnel.
• Influenza Vaccine Use in Nunavut: A Brief Overview of the Uptake Rates across the Regions (letter to the editor, CJPH). (PDF: 249k)
  - Canadian Journal of Public Health 2009;100(5).
  Canadian Public Health Association
• Influenza: who should receive the vaccine? (PDF: 80k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2008
  Outlines the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommendations for who should and should not receive influenza vaccine. Includes information about dosage schedules and adverse reactions.
• Is it a cold or influenza? (PDF: 96k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2010
  Provides a table that lists symptoms and identifies whether they are associated with a cold or influenza.
• It’s your health: influenza (Health Canada).
  Health Canada; 2002
  Gives general information about influenza. Covers topics including: the health effects of influenza, minimizing your risk, the health effects of flu shots, avian influenza or “bird flu,” why bird flu is a concern, and the government of Canada’s role in responding to a flu epidemic.
• The Japanese experience with vaccinating schoolchildren against influenza.
  Reichert Thomas A., Sugaya Norio, Fedson David S., Glezen W. Paul, Simonsen Lone, Tashiro Masato.
  - New England Journal of Medicine 2001;344(12):889-96.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 11259722
  Analyzed the monthly rates of death from all causes and death attributed to pneumonia and influenza, as well as census data and statistics on the rates of vaccination for both Japan and the United States from 1949 through 1998.
• Misconceptions about the flu.
  CBC News; 2007
  Addresses the top 10 misconceptions about the flu and the influenza vaccine.
• NACI Statement on Influenza Vaccination for the 2008-2009 Season. (PDF: 1.5m)
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization
  - Canada Communicable Disease Report 2008;34(ACS-3):1-46.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Includes updated information for the 2008-2009 influenza season.
• NACI Statement on Seasonal Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (TIV) for 2009-2010.
  Public Health Agency of Canada; 2009
  The purpose of this statement is to review the NACI recommendations for immunization with the seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) for the 2009-2010 season in light of the recent H1N1 pandemic, based on evidence available at this time.
• NACI Statement on travel, influenza, and prevention. (PDF: 232k)
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization / Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel
  - Canada Communicable Disease Report 2005;31(ACS-2):1-8.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  » PubMed: 15895509
  Discusses the risk influenza poses to travellers and explains ways to protect against infection, including vaccination.
• Never get the flu again (Cdn Living). (PDF: 39k)
  Engel June.
  - Canadian Living 2000:84-94.
  Transcontinental
  Discusses how to protect yourself and your family from flu infection. Reprinted with permission from Canadian Living.
• Pandemic Influenza Storybook.
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2008
  The Centres for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) have released an online storybook containing narratives from survivors, families and friends about one of the worst scourges on humankind – the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed millions of people around the world. The storybook provides valuable insight for public health officials preparing for the possibility of another pandemic in the future.
  
  2008 marks the 90th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic. The internet storybook contains about 50 stories from individuals from 24 states as well as photos and narrative videos from the storytellers.
• Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Factors Influencing Influenza Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers. (PDF: 51k)
  Bautista Daniel, Vila Bernardo, Usó Ruth, Téllez María, Zanón Vicente.
  - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006;27(1):73-7.
  » PubMed: 16418992
  According to the present case-control study about influenza vaccine acceptance among hospital workers, vaccination campaigns should focus mainly on predisposing and enabling factors, emphasizing the likelihood of acquiring influenza and the positive benefits to patients, addressing concerns about vaccine efficacy or safety, and minimizing the time required for the worker to undergo vaccination.
• Progress towards Canadian target coverage rates for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations.
  - Canada Communicable Disease Report 2001;27(10):90-1.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Evaluates the progress towards national targets for influenza and pneumococcal immunization coverage rates.
• Proof that vaccinating children against influenza in the hope of reducing disease spread is inconclusive.
  News-Medical.Net; 2005
  Describes a study which states that vaccinating children aged 6 to 24 months against influenza in the hope of reducing complications, school absences, parental loss of workdays, and over-prescribing of antibioticsr children have been vaccinated is inconclusive.
• Public funding for influenza vaccination - Provincial & territorial summary. (PDF: 164k)
  Canadian Pharmacists Association; 2007
  Includes information about which provinces fund immunization programs for a list of target groups.
• Randomized, placebo-controlled double blind study on the efficacy of influenza immunization on absenteeism of health care workers.
  Saxén H., Virtanen M.
  - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1999;18(9):779-83.
  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  » PubMed: 10493337
  Determines the effect of the conventional inactivated influenza A vaccine on reducing absenteeism related to respiratory infections among pediatric health care providers.
• Recommendations for the use of infuenza vaccine for children (CPS). (PDF: 139k)
  Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society
  - Pediatrics & Child Health 2004;9(7):283-284.
  Pulsus
  Lists the Canadian Paediatric Society’s recommendations of universal funding of a yearly influenza vaccination for vulnerable children.
• Risk factors associated with severe influenza infections in childhood : implication for vaccine strategy.
  Quach Caroline, Piché-Walker Lorraine, Platt Robert, Moore Dorothy.
  - Pediatrics 2003;112(3):e197-e201.
  American Academy of Pediatrics
  » PubMed: 12949312
  Identifies possible benefits of universal influenza vaccination.
• The safety of inactivated influenza vaccine in adults and children with asthma.
  The American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers
  - New England Journal of Medicine 2001;345(21):1529-36.
  Massachusetts Medical Society
  » PubMed: 11794219
  To investigate the safety of the influenza vaccine in adults and children with asthma to address concerns that vaccination may cause exacerbations of asthma.
• Sickness absence following a campaign of vaccination against influenza in the workplace.
  Leighton L., Williams M., Aubery D., Parker S.H.
  - Occupational Medicine 1996;46(2):146-50.
  Oxford Journals
  » PubMed: 8776252
  Investigated whether vaccinating employees against influenza in an occupational setting was of any benefit.
• Solvay: influenza vaccines.
  Solvay
  Describes the role Solvay Pharmaceuticals plays in the control of influenza. Member of the Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion (CCIAP).
• Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer on the Canadian flu vaccine supply.
  Public Health Agency of Canada; 2004
  Reassures Canadians that the government has secured sufficient supply of flu vaccine to meet the current demand for publicly administered flu vaccine programs.
• Statement on Seasonal Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (TIV) for 2010-2011.
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) .
  Public Health Agency of Canada; 2010
  The purpose of this statement is to provide the NACI recommendations for immunization with the seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) for the 2010-2011 season, based on evidence available at this time.
  
  The seasonal trivalent vaccine for 2010-2011 incorporates the pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) component, a new influenza A (H3N2) component and the same B component as last year.
• Timeline: flu vaccine development (CTV).
  Mulholland Angela.
  CTV Television Network; 2004
  Discusses how flu vaccines are reformulated and developed each year.
• Trends in influenza vaccination in Canada, 1996/1997 to 2005 (NPHS). (PDF: 222k)
  Kwong Jeff C., Rosella Laura C., Johansen Helen.
  - Health Reports 2007;18(4):1-11.
  Statistics Canada
  Reports recent trends in influenza vaccination rates in Canada, provides data on predictors of vaccination in Canada for 2005, and examines longerterm effects of Ontario’s universal influenza immunization program on vaccine uptake.
• Unprotected people reports.
  Immunization Action Coalition
  Includes case reports, personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Vaccinating school children and high-risk groups is best strategy for slowing flu.
  Emory University; 2005
  Outlines research claiming that the best strategy for minimizing future influenza morbidity and mortality is to concentrate vaccinations in school children and high-risk groups.
• Vaccination : a grant of immunity (CBC).
  CBC News; 2004
  Gives a history of vaccination and discusses the anti-immunization movement.
• Vaccine-preventable diseases : influenza (PHAC).
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Offers general information about the flu and includes links to further resources.
• What is pandemic influenza? (PDF: 72k)
  British Columbia Ministry of Health; 2006
  Answers pandemic-flu-related questions including: what is influenza, how is pandemic flu different, how will BC know that a flu pandemic is coming, what will happen in BC, what can you expect where you live, and how can you prepare.
• What you can do about the flu! (PDF: 33k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
  Suggests ways that health professionals can increase influenza immunization.
• Your H1N1 Preparedness Guide.
  Public Health Agency of Canada . / Public Health Agency of Canada; 2009
  This guide provides information to help Canadians prepare for and protect themselves and their families against the H1N1 flu virus. Includes information on symptoms, risks, how to care for someone who is sick, and how to find additional resources from local sources.