BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90b3e139514291803cd632ea186a7b0276 CATEGORIES:National Training or Event SUMMARY:Get Ready for Seasonal & Pandemic Flu: Strategies for Head Start & Child Care DESCRIPTION:
Flu vaccine recommendations change every year to keep up with new strains of the virus. Learn about the recommendations for this flu season. Find out why everyone who works in Head Start and child ca re programs should get the vaccine. Discover strategies to prevent and cont rol the spread of influenza in child care settings. Explore ways to prepare for an unlikely but dangerous flu pandemic.
Topics for the webinar include: <
br />Vaccine recommendations for this year's influenza season
The impo
rtance of universal immunization for caregivers who work in all Head Start,
early education, and child care settings
Strategies that can be used
to prevent or control the spread of influenza
Ways to improve prepared
ness for a potential flu pandemic
Target Audience
Head Start and c
hild care center directors
Child care health consultants
Educatio
n services staff members
Health managers
Health specialists
Parent leaders
Pres
enters
Pediatricians with expertise in infectious dis
eases and the health and safety of children in child care will present the
webinar.
Flor Munoz, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of PediatricsBaylor College of Medicine
Timothy Shope, MD, MPH, FAAP
Profe
ssor of Pediatrics
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh