Roundtable Workshops

Roundtable Workshop 18:
Citizen Engagement in Emergency Planning for a Flu Pandemic

Sponsored by
the Disasters Roundtable

Monday, October 23, 2006
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Keck Center - Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Overview:
Drawing from research and practical experience, participants at this workshop will discuss the need and opportunity for citizen involvement in preparedness planning for a potential flu pandemic; a growing concern among scientists, public health officials, as well as private sector decision makers. This concern has emerged with the appearance of avian flu in countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe and the possibility that this could evolve into a pandemic and become an unprecedented threat to populations throughout the world, including in the United States.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop
William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society, and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

9:10 a.m. Session I: Why Worry About Pandemic Flu?

• What Would a Modern Day Flu Pandemic Look Like?
  Eric Toner, Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburg Medical Center Download Presentation
  
• National Plans for Confronting a Pandemic Flu
  Bruce Gellin, National Vaccine Program Office, Department of Health and Human Services Download Presentation
  
• Local Expectations and Readiness for Pandemic Flu
  Joshua Sharfstein, Department of Health, Baltimore Download Presentation
  
Moderator: William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society

10:10 a.m. Questions and Discussion

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Session II: Why Government and Health Professionals Cannot Go It Alone in a Large-Scale Health Crisis

• Public Resistance or Cooperation?
  A Tale of Smallpox in Two Cities
  Judith W. Leavitt, School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison Download Presentation
  
• Street Science: Why Public Health Professionals Need the Public
  Jason Corburn, Columbia University Download Presentation
  
• Who Will Tell the People? Pandemic Risk Communication in the Internet Age
  Susan Chu, Flu Wiki Download Presentation
  

Moderator: Rose Marie Martinez, Board on Population Health & Public Health Practice, IOM

11:45 a.m. Questions and Discussion

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Session III: When Does Citizen Engagement Work Best? Lessons Learned from Research and Experience

• Citizen Consultations in Setting National Public Health Priorities
  Élaine Chatigny, Public Health Agency of Canada Download Presentation
  
• Involving Citizens and Stakeholders in Select Vaccine Policy Decisions
  Kathleen R. Stratton, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, IOM
• State of the Art Knowledge on Public Involvement
  Gail Bingham, RESOLVE, Inc. Download Presentation
  
Moderator: Havidán Rodriguez, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

2:15 p.m. Questions and Discussion

2:40 p.m. Break

2:55 p.m. Session IV: Roundtable Panel Discussion - How Can Some Citizens Help When Hospitals Must Turn Some People Away in a Pandemic?
A Possible Scenario:

• Gabor Kelen, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
• Randy Rowel, School of Public Health and Policy, Morgan State University
• Darlene Sparks Washington, Disease Prevention Education, American Red Cross
• Susan Messina, Citizen-Activist

Moderator: Monica Schoch-Spana, Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

4:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion

4:25 p.m. Concluding Remarks

William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society, and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Updated Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:40 pm