Written on September 1, 2009 at 3:09 pm by

PSA Campaign Aims to Protect Families from H1N1 Virus

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Elmo and Gordon from Sesame Street

Elmo and Gordon from Sesame Street (Screen Capture)

September is National Preparedness Month and the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Education and Sesame Workshop have teamed up to launch a new, national public service advertising campaign to encourage American children and families to practice healthy habits and to take steps to prevent the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus.

“We are thrilled to partner with Elmo, Gordon, and Sesame Workshop again to emphasize the steps kids and their parents can take to stay happy and healthy this school year,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “Younger children and their parents are some of the people most at risk from the new H1N1 flu virus and with schools starting back up again and the weather starting to get colder, we need to do everything we can to get these important messages about how to prevent the spread of the flu out there.

The PSAs are part of an initiative to provide practical steps recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help prevent the spread of the flu virus and other infectious disease.

“The first day of National Preparedness Month is a great reminder that personal preparedness starts at home and these PSAs promote simple things we can all do to stay healthy and safe,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

View the PSA’s here.

To read more about the Department of Defense’s new policy on H1N1 vaccines, click here.

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