Global Vector-Borne Disease Expert To Address U. S. Screen Manufacturers

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(HIT) - With the national’s Screen Manufacturers Association gathering next month for their 53rd annual meeting, The Four Season Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, will host a world class authority on insect-related health education, and some of the greatest foes of the country’s pesky disease carrying insect population.

Industrious association members not only manufacture the latest year-around screening materials for the comfort and safety of homeowners, they are additionally focused on expanding awareness of the health benefits of well-fitting and properly maintained window screens. With the long-time safety theme of National Window Safety Week (April 20 - 26, 2008), SMA members continue to promote the message to homeowners. Screens are intended for ventilation, and protection from insects.

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In keeping with a cooperative fifty-state effort to distribute "For Health’s Sake" posters and newspaper publicity through the CDE Centers for Disease Control, members will have Dr. Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez as guest speaker for the opening event on Tuesday, May 6. Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, MPH, DRPH, is a CDC trained behavioral scientist with experience in Central America, American Samoa, and the United States. Her background includes training in medical anthropology, tropical medicine, monitoring and evaluation, epidemiology, young adult reproductive health, and health communication. She has conducted audience research, message and intervention development for West Nile prevention throughout the United States and planned and supervised production of routine and emergency print, video, and other health education materials for bacterial zoonoses and arboviral diseases. Much of her current work centers on the threat of the mosquito-borne dengue fever in the Americas and Asia.

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To learn more about the Screen Manufacturers Association, visit www.SMAINFO.org for history, products, and contact information.

Considering the size of the sometimes deadly insects, an ounce of prevention goes a long way toward the comfort and safety of family and community.

Courtesy: Home Improvement News and Information Center