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Travel to Laredo and check into AHEC housing.
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9 a.m. Orientation to STEER program/staff. Introduction to Laredo. Videos on public health in Texas and Laredo(colonias).
3 p.m. Meet with Roger Garcia, director, City of Laredo Health Department
3:30 p.m. Attend City Of Laredo Health Department staff meeting.
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8-10 a.m. Curanderismo presentation with Sandra Saunders of TAMIU.
10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Sociocultural orientation with Lisa Flores of TAMIU.
3 p.m. Colonia presentation by Rosalia Guerrero, Centro de Aztlan. All segments at TAMIU, Bullock Hall, Room 216.
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7:45 a.m. Water segment: CPL tower, tributaries, water sampling at four sites along the Rio Grande with Dr. Tom Vaughan of TAMIU. Coliform testing and analysis of fresh-water macro invertebrates up river and down river of Laredo.
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9 a.m.-4 p.m. Risk management and outdoor air quality presentation by Dr. Jimmy Perkins of UT-Houston School of Public Health; environmental house call visit No. 3, results.
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8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuberculosis segment. Drs. Laura Baber and Alfonso Martinez, tour of Nuevo Laredo Health Department and hospitals.
2:30 p.m. Neural tube defect presentation by Cordelia Bernal, PHT, Texas Department of Health.
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7:30 a.m. Rabies segment presented by Wildlife Services Department of the USDA, trapper Jim Eichman 2 p.m. Presentation on zoonosis and animal vector control of diseases by Calixto Seca, Texas Department of Health
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8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Herbal medicine presentation with Tony Ramirez. Field trip to see natural plants used for medicinal purposes and tour of local yerberias. 3 p.m. NAFTA and the future of the border region. Jorge Haynes, vice president, International Bank of Commerce, IBC conference room, third floor.
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9 a.m.-noon Colonia and community health presentation with Sister Rosemary Welsh from Mercy Hospital. 1:30 p.m. Hazardous materials warehousing and shipping presentation. Fay Mainhart, Delphi Packard, and Louis Perez Garcia. Laredo Fire Department.
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8 a.m.-noon Maquiladora tour - Invensys Appliance Controls, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. 1 p.m. Tour of Nuevo Laredo, visit farmacias, colonias, street vendors, yerberias, maquiladora areas and mercado.
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8:30 a.m. Azteca wastewater treatment plant. Mr. Scruggs. 10:30 p.m. Jefferson Street Water Treatment Plant - Ron Sloan. 2 p.m. City of Laredo landfill and recycling center presentation by Randall Kippenbrock and Lisa Fernandez.
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8:30 a.m. Rabies lecture by Dr. John Herbold, UTHSPH-SA. Tour of animal shelter. 1 p.m. Family visits with colonia residents to discuss issues, resources, health care, and life in the colonias. Las Lomas on Highway 59.
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8:30 a.m. Rio Grande International Study Center. Presentation, nature hike and tour by Dr. James Earhart of Laredo Community College. Tour of erosion area and discussion on the condition of the Rio Grande and its tributaries.
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8:30 a.m.-noon On-site sewerage facilities, septic tanks, pit privy, and soil testing presented by Luis DeLeon, Texas Department of Health-Office of Border Health. 1:30 p.m. Food sanitation segment/restaurant inspection, Roger Perales, STEER.
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8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Epidemiology by Dr. Lucy Peipins, director of the Division of Waterborne Hazards Control, Virginia Department of Health.
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8:30 a.m. Presentation on heavy metals by Dr. Walt Rogers, UTHSPH-SA. 1 p.m. Pesticide presentation by Dr. Walt Rogers, UTHSPH-SA, WIC conference room
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8:30 a.m. Presentation at USDA import inspection area by David Gonzalez and USDA staff. 1:30- 4 p.m. Dengue fever presentation by Dr. Jack Hayes, UTHSPH-SA.
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8:30 a.m. Indoor air quality presentation by Dr. Claudia Miller, UTHSCSA. 1 p.m. Chemical susceptibility presentation by Dr. Claudia Miller, UTHSCSA. 3 p.m. Interview with multiple chemical sensitivity sufferer, Irma Novoa
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9 a.m. Class with Dr. Claudia Miller on environmental house calls visit No. 3. Class watching MCS, IAQ tapes. 1:30 p.m. Class switches with morning group. 3:30 p.m. Exit interviews with Dr. Miller.
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Exit interview with students. Reaction papers and segment rankings due. Check out of AHEC.