Prevent and Protect: Mosquito Control Messages for Your Community is a resource for Florida’s local officials to effectively communicate about mosquito management to our state’s citizens. The UF/IFAS PIE Center, as part of a Florida Department of Health grant, created the Prevent and Protect toolkit to help local officials communicate to residents of Florida’s cities and counties about the importance of mosquito control efforts and how residents can help reduce mosquito populations.
The PIE Center will host webinars on June 21 and July 9 to provide an overview of the resource including recommendations on how you can use it in your community. We will be joined by Adriane Rogers from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Rogers will provide a background on mosquito control in Florida and the importance of mosquito management for the health and safety of the state’s residents and visitors. Dr. Ricky Telg, principal investigator on the project, will present each component of the new resource and discuss how to use the materials to effectively communicate about mosquito control.
Speakers:
Dr. Ricky Telg
Director of the Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Professor for the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
Adriane Rogers
Chief of the Bureau of Scientific Evaluation and Technical Assistance
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Agricultural Environmental Services
