Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Thank you so much for this information. I've made the Flip chart and will introduce this to the outreach workers that I go out with. Deborah Restivo, PHN -----Original Message----- From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of rwhp@... Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:40 PM Subject: [ ] Pterygium materials The RWHP has developed a fotonovela and a companion educational flipchart (spanish/english) about Pterygium. These materials are free and downloadable at http://www.fenet.org/prevmat.htm Click on the following listing: ¡OJO! con tu vista Please feel free to contact our office if you need assistance with the materials. Fran Quoting " Rene J. Quintana " <rquintana@...>: > None, we are in the sticking the head in the sand stage, just like HIV > when it first came out. But its real and its there and we have an > epidemic of this disease. No one wants to take a lead on this, not even > the migrant farm worker organizations. Pterygium is horrific and based > on my research if you are a Hispanic male you have a 70% chance of > getting it. Cassio, get the word out and next time you come across a > group of Hispanic farm workers look into their eyes and you will see the > blistering, it's a bubbling of the white cornea some may be blind. It > is not caused by pesticide but over exposure to sun light. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Rene Quintana > > ALMA Del Norte > > > > _____ > > From: Cassio Ferreira [mailto:cferreira@...] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:09 AM > > Subject: RE: [ ] new publication > > > > Hi Rene Quintana > > DO you know of any agency that is helping patients who have pterygium? > > Thanks > > Cassio Ferreira > > > > _____ > > From: > [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Rene J. > Quintana > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:34 AM > > Subject: RE: [ ] new publication > > > > , there is a serious outbreak of pterygium among Hispanic males. > Its an epidemic. > > Sincerely, > > Rene Quintana > > ALMA California > > > > _____ > > From: Arcury - Family Medicine [mailto:Tarcury@...] > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:23 AM > > Subject: [ ] new publication > > > > Attached is the .pdf file for the new publication: Early, J, SW, > Quandt SA, Rao P, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Housing Characteristics of > Farmworker Families in North Carolina. Journal of Immigrant and > Minority Health, 8: 173-184, 2006. > > > > A. Arcury, PhD > > Professor and Research Director > > Department of Family and Community Medicine > > Wake Forest University School of Medicine > > Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084 > > > > phone: 336-716-9438 > > fax: 336-716-3206 > > e-mail: tarcury@... > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: Groups > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > -unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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