This free resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information about American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and the flu and how to prevent it in an easy-to-read infographic. It is available in a printer file, poster file to print, or text file that can be read without the graphics.

This free resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information about pregnant women and the flu and how to prevent it in an easy-to-read infographic. It is available in a printer file, poster file to print, or text file that can be read without the graphics.

This free resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information about the flu and how to prevent it in an easy-to-read infographic. It is available in a printer file, poster file to print, or text file that can be read without the graphics. Additionally, the CDC has created similar files targeting pregnant women and Native Americans.

This article details the outcomes of a community-based cohort study that was conducted with 275 primarily low-income, urban households to study vaccine effectiveness against influenza in the 2013-2014 season. The vaccine effectiveness within this sample was found to be 62.5%, which was consistent with the national reported estimate of effectiveness of 61%. This has implications for the generalizability of vaccine effectiveness studies, as these studies often do not include non-medically attended patients from low-income areas.

This handout from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discusses how the flu is spread and provides tips for reducing one’s exposure to the disease. The CDC provides information on everyday actions that can be taken to prevent the flu, how to stop the spread of flu germs in a workplace, and how to protect children from the flu.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine and the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Health Matters Initiative prepared this report, which looks at the growing crisis related to the U.S. opioid epidemic. It outlines specific and proven recommendations for how to combat the epidemic most effectively, including expanding coverage and accessibility of overdose and reversal drugs and changing the way healthcare professionals, employers, and advocates talk about addiction to reduce stigma. This report is intended as a resource for individuals with opioid-use disorders and their families; clinicians who prescribe opioids and those who treat people with opioid-use disorders; health system administrators; policymakers; researchers; journalists; law enforcement officials; employers; service providers; and agencies at the local, state, and federal level.

This publication was developed by Child Trends in partnership with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy for the Office of Adolescent Health. It highlights co-occurring risk factors that increase the risk of injury, illness, and death among adolescents that can also impact sexual risk taking and result in pregnancy. These risk factors include: substance abuse (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana or other drug use), dating violence, physical or sexual abuse, and mental health. Also included are risk factors associated with multiple negative outcomes for adolescents. The publication concludes with a list of questions the reader can use in discussing with team members and/or partners how to coordinate efforts to address co-occurring risk factors strategically.

The IPS Employment focuses the center’s activities on employment for people with serious mental illnesses. It operates in 23 states, 3 European countries, and offers trainings across the world. The center hosts a multidisciplinary team of researchers and trainers who conduct research studies, disseminate findings, prepare training and educational materials, and provide training and consultation services.

Supported employment services in Washington State for individuals with mental illness were discontinued in 2012, resulting in uneven service offerings across the state. This report prepared by the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery outlines the primary goals of the Becoming Employed Starts Today (BEST) program and provides baseline profiles and initial service information for participants. BEST is a five-year federally funded pilot program to provide evidence-based supported employment services to individuals with serious mental illness at two sites in Washington State. Program goals for participants include higher employment rates, reduced hospitalization and criminal justice system rates, and improved well-being.