TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - An adolescent injury intervention: selecting targeted behaviours with implications for program design and evaluation
JO  - Australian health review
A1  - Buckley, Lisa D.
A1  - Sheehan, Mary C.
SP  - 487
EP  - 492
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - This article reviews the lessons that can be learned by the health sector, in particular, and the public sector, more generally, from the governmental response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A (pH1N1) in Australia during 2009. It covers the period from the emergence of the epidemic to the release of the vaccine, and describes a range of impacts on the Western Australian health system, the government sector and the community. There are three main themes considered from a State government agency perspective: how decisions were influenced by prior planning; how the decision making and communication processes were intimately linked; and the interdependent roles of States and the Commonwealth Government in national programs. We conclude that: (a) communications were generally effective, but need to be improved and better coordinated between the Australian Government, States and general practice; (b) decision making was appropriately flexible, but there needs to be better alignment with expert advice, and consideration of the need for a national disease control agency in Australia; and (c) national funding arrangements need to fit with the model of state-based service delivery and to support critical workforce needs for surge capacity, as well as stockpile and infrastructure requirements.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0156-5788
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH09779
ID  - ref1
ER  -