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The home health care sector is a critical element in a pandemic influenza emergency response. Roughly 85% of the 1.5 million workers delivering in-home care to 7.6 million clients are low-wage paraprofessionals, mostly women, and disproportionately members of racial and ethnic minorities. Home health care workers' ability and willingness to respond during a pandemic depends on appropriate communication, training, and adequate protections, including influenza vaccination and respiratory protection. Preparedness planning should also include support for child care and transportation and help home health care workers protect their income and access to health care. We summarize findings from a national stakeholder meeting, which highlighted the need to integrate home health care employers, workers, community advocates, and labor unions into the planning process.

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Protecting Home Health Care Workers: A Challenge to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning

Baron, Sherry; McPhaul, Kathleen; Phillips, Sally; Gershon, Robyn; Lipscomb, Jane
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 99 (S2): S301
American Public Health Association – Oct 1, 2009

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  • Publisher American Public Health Association
  • Copyright Copyright © 2009 by the American Public Health Association
  • ISSN 0090-0036
  • eISSN 1541-0048
  • D.O.I. 10.2105/AJPH.2008.157339
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