RE: Request for Speaker on Farmworker C Hildren's environmental risks

[Guest guest]

I would highly recommend Dr. n Moses. She is a very respected expert

in this area and a truly admired and sincere advocate for the well-being

farmworkers and their children. She can be reached at the Pesticide

Education Network in San Francisco, California.

Adolfo Mata, Director

Hispanic Health Initiative

Office of the Director/Bureau of Primary Health Care

Health Resources and Services Administration/US DHHS

4350 East-West Hwy, 11th FL

Bethesda, land 20814

(301) 594-4976

amata@...

-----Original Message-----

From: Bobbi Ryder [mailto:ryder@...]

Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:19 PM

; Jim Hastings

Subject: [ ] Request for Speaker on Farmworker

CHildren's environmental risks

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to see the enthusiastic response to the info on methyl

parathion poisoning here in Texa and especially pleased to receive the

case study series submitted by . Many thanks for your interest

and concern.

I have received a request from Jim Hastings who will be a new

participant to this egroup, to help identify a speaker for two

conferences to be held in June. One will be on June 14th and 15th in

Edinburg Texas, and the other will be held on June 28 and 29 in Las

Cruces NM. He is looking for a luncheon speaker at each of those events

who can deliver amotivational and inspiring presentation on the

occupational and environmental hazzards that farmworker children are

exposed to.

The audience will be a multi discipline audience, including educators,

politicos and public health service providers.

Is there anyone out there that would be interested in responding to this

request? Geographically close in order to contain travel expenses would

be helpful, but need not be a limiting factor if we can purchase air

travel in advance. Jim, perhaps you could post some additional

information on the sponsors of the event, the anticipated size of the

audience, etc...?

I am anxious to hear if any of you out there will be able to help Jim

out.

Bobbi

Wuellner wrote:

> In light of the recent case of methyl parathion poisoning identified

> in Texas,

> and the potential threat this pesticide poses to public health in

> general and

> children's heath in particular, I thought it might be a good time to

> invite

> providers of health care to migrant families to access the case study

> on

> methyl parathion prepared by members of the faculty of the Great Lakes

> Center

> for Children's Environmental Health at Cook County Hospital and the

> University

> of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.

>

>

>

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>

> Children's Environmental Health CME Case Study Series

>

> The Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health at Cook

> County

> Hospital and the University of Illinois School of Public Health are

> pleased to

> announce the availability of CME credits in children's environmental

> health.

>

> The first in a series of interactive case studies in children's

> environmental

> health is now available on line at

> http//www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/kids/case1/about.htm. This series (six

> case

> studies) will orient the user to significant topics in pediatric

> environmental

> health. Within the context of a clinical scenario, key information

> regarding

> the diagnosis and management of environmental illness will be

> presented.

> Additionally, emphasis will be placed on the public health aspects of

> pediatric environmental illness. The cases are intended for providers

> involved

> in the care of children as well as public health practitioners and

> other

> health care providers with an interest in environmental health and

> medicine.

>

> This program is designed for pediatricians, family practitioners,

> emergency

> room physicians and nurses, internists, physicians assistants, nurse

> practitioners and poison control personnel. The cases are intended for

>

> providers involved in the care of children as well as public health

> practitioners and other health care providers with an interest in

> environmental health and medicine.

>

> CME

> The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is

> accredited

> by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to

> provide

> continuing medical education for physicians.

>

> The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine

> designates

> this continuing medical education activity up to 9 credit hours (1.5

> per case

> study) in Category I towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.

> Each

> physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually

> spent

> in the educational activity.

>

> For information about the Great Lakes Center for Children's

> Environmental

> Health contact Wuellner at jwuell1@....

>

> Supported in part through ative Agreement U50/ATU300014.

>

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>

> Wuellner,RN,MPH

> Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health

> at Cook County Hospital

> 1900 West Polk Street Suite 500

> Chicago, IL 60612

> phone 312-633-5310 fax 312-633-6442

> jwuell1@...

>

>

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