WNV Risk Communication to > 50 Yr Olds (2)

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From: KPowell@kdhe.state.ks.us
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:08:56 -0500

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has developed a WNV
site that has brochures in both English and Spanish.
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/westnile/ Just click on the button for
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS and you can see both brochures. Hope this is
helpful.

Ken Powell
Environmental Scientist
SW Processing Facilities Unit
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Bureau of Waste Management
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Phone: (785) 296-1121
Fax: (785) 296-1592
E-mail kpowell@kdhe.state.ks.us
www.kdhe.state.ks.us/waste

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From: Wendy <wendystation@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:16:36 -0700

Hello Dr. Haramis

I am an encephalitis survivor, and creator of the Encephaltis Global
website. I was a guest speaker to Congress in Washington DC in
October 2004 on the topic of West Nile. More recently, I gave an 8
minute presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association
(AMCA) Annual Meeting in Vancouver Canada. As a non-professional,
my presentation is very matter-of-fact, and straight to the point.
The presentation is titled, "What is encephalitis, anyways?"

People in the audience seemed very interested in further discussion
after my presentation; I've actually put some information in the post
mail to them. One of the audience did ask if there is some way I
could repeat this presentation to more AMCA members and/or members of
the public.

I have recorded this speech online to share audio/video... I would
also be happy to give the presentation live online, if there is any
interest. Would there be interest in online meetings, sharing
audio, video and typed chat...or perhaps, an online chatroom on this
topic? As a member of the Admin staff with the <>iVisit chat
program, I would be proud to volunteer to assist in the setup and
organization of same, and to sponsor this chatroom at no charge.

(PS... I'm over 50, too!)

Wendy Station, President
Encephalitis Global, Inc.
1638 Pierard Road, North Vancouver, BC
CANADA V7J 1Y2
phone: (604) 980-2236
fax: (604) 904-0809

Encephalitis Global website:
<http://www.encephalitisglobal.com>www.encephalitisglobal.com
<http://www.encephalitis.ca>www.encephalitis.ca

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In response to:
From: "LINN HARAMIS" <LHARAMIS@idph.state.il.us>
Subject: West Nile virus educational materials aimed at those over 50
This is a request for samples of West Nile virus educational materials
aimed at those over 50 (an URL address is fine)
One of the main topics of discussion at the recent CDC WNV conference
was effective use of public information for prevention.  At least two of
the speakers (one a communication consultant) stated that they believed
the message that many Health Departments were distributing was too
"complex" and needed to be simplified.
see
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/conf/2005pdf/Bye_session.pdf>
and
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/conf/2005pdf/
westmorelandsess5.pdf>
One method of simplification was targeting high risk groups, those over
50.   If you have such materials, I would appreciate a copy -- just
giving me a URL is fine.
Thank you in advance.
From:
Linn David Haramis, Ph.D.,
Entomologist / Vector Control Program Manager
Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of Environmental Health
525 W. Jefferson St.
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-5830
Fax: 217-785-0253
LHARAMIS@IDPH.STATE.IL.US
IDPH & CDC West Nile Virus Web Pages
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
CDC LYME DISEASE PAGE:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm
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WESTNILEVIRUS-L is an email discussion group for communication
and discussion about West Nile Virus, particularly regarding policy,
risk reduction and public education issues. It is hosted at Cornell
University and moderated by Dr. Lois Levitan, Program Leader of
Cornell's Environmental Risk Analysis Program (ERAP).
Subscribers are encouraged to post to the group by sending
messages to <envrisk@cornell.edu>.  Put "WNV Listserv" in
the subject line and send unformatted text, without attachments.
To subscribe (or unsubscribe), send an email request with
  your name and contact information to <envrisk@cornell.edu>.
Postings are archived at
<http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/WNV/WNV-LArchive>.
SEE ERAP's WEST NILE VIRUS BIBLIOGRAPHIES & OTHER RESOURCES,
on the web at:  <http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/WNV/>
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