Flu Prevention Partner Packet – February 2018

Hawaii Flu Prevention Campaign ToolkitWeek of February 26, 2018

#SpreadAlohaNotFlu

Contents:1. Campaign update: ads running in March featuring Frank De Lima2. What’s new this week?3. Mahalo Minnesota! The Land of 10,000 Lakes has allowed Hawaii to use its colorful foreign

language flu flyers in Korean, Chinese, Laotian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

4. The 411 on sneezing properly: not into the hands or the elbow, contrary to popular belief5. Sample Facebook and Twitter messaging 6. Link to the Department of Health flu vaccine locator 7. Additional links to flu information

Campaign update:This is the fourth of four toolkits distributed as part of the four-week #SpreadAlohaNotFlu prevention campaign. Thank you for being a part of this grassroots effort to prevent our Hawaii hospitals from being overrun with flu patients.

Although this is the last toolkit, the #SpreadAlohaNotFlu campaign will continue through March with an ad campaign featuring Frank De Lima. We encourage you to keep spreading the word about flu prevention during this time, because this is still the worst flu season in a decade and it is not over yet.

That is why we launched this campaign, and why preventing flu is so important. Mahalo for your kokua; we truly appreciate everyone pitching in and playing a role.

What’s New This Week? See the colorful flu flyers in various languages that the state of Hawaii Department of Health

got permission from the Minnesota Department of Health to adapt

Flu Prevention Partner Packet – February 2018

How to sneeze properly: yes there is a right way to do it if you want to reduce the chance of infecting someone else.

Mahalo Minnesota!The Minnesota Department of Health developed these colorful flu prevention flyers in Chinese, English, Korean, Laotian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, and gave permission to the Hawaii state Department of Health to adapt them for use here. Download them for free here: http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/resources/print-materials/ (scroll down a bit)

How to sneeze properly:So, you thought you had pro skills in this area, lifelong sneezer that you are? It turns out there is a correct way to sneeze if you don’t want to infect other people.

Read the WikiHow details here: https://www.wikihow.com/Sneeze-Properly

Watch ABC News conduct its own rather gross, yet entertaining, sneeze research. The best technique is revealed after the news crew records a lot of far-travelling nasal discharge using high speed cameras, colored mouth rinse, cat hair, leaves, and volunteer sneezers from the ABC News staff:http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/best-sneeze-22258478

Science nerds can watch this video on sneeze physics recorded at MIT:

Flu Prevention Partner Packet – February 2018

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/sneeze-physics-caught-in-video/

Sample messages: Facebook

● Spring forward and get your flu shot before Daylight Savings Time (March 11) arrives. #SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/vaccine-locators/

● The luck of the Irish won’t save you from the flu virus. Get your flu shot now!

#SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/vaccine-locators/

● Enjoy good health in the Year of the Dog by washing your hands, getting a flu shot, and protecting your family. #SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/vaccine-locators/

● It’s still flu season. Are you and your keiki protected? Call and see if your local pharmacy has vaccine available, and if you need a prescription from a pediatrician. Here is the Hawaii Department of Health’s flu vaccine finder site: http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/vaccine-locators/

Twitter● Spring forward before Daylight Savings Time begins and get your flu shot now!

#SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://bit.ly/2o52pM5

● The luck of the Irish won’t save you from the flu virus. Get your flu shot now! #SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://bit.ly/2o52pM5

● Be healthy in the Year of the Dog. Get your flu shot now. #SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://bit.ly/2o52pM5 

● Eh! No let flu make your keiki sick! Get your flu shot now. #SpreadAlohaNotFlu. http://bit.ly/2o52pM5 

● A flu shot protects you and your ohana. #SpreadAlohaNotFlu http://bit.ly/2o52pM5 

Flu vaccine locatorHere is the state of Hawaii Department of Health’s vaccine locator:

Flu Prevention Partner Packet – February 2018

http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/vaccine-locators/

Additional information on the fluFlu info for people over 65:https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/65over.htm

Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC):https://www.cdc.gov/flu/

Flu Facts from the state of Hawaii Department of Health: http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/files/2017/01/Influenza_DIB-Factsheet.pdf

Main DOH flu page http://bit.ly/2E3O7ls

American Hospital Association United Against the Flu page https://www.aha.org/ahia/promoting-healthy-communities/united-against-flu

Contact:Stacy WongCommunications ManagerHealthcare Association of Hawaii(808) 521-8961swong@hah.org