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TABLE 4: STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS
| State | Date | Target Audience | Number Persons Reached | Project Description |
| Alabama | General public | Newspapers / radio / television | ||
| Florida | General public | Distributed pamphlets from University of Florida, Aquatic Foods Program | ||
| Florida | 1997 | Physicians and patients in Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami-Dade area | Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami-Dade area participated in ISSC pilot project to survey physicians concerning risk associated with Vibrio vulnificus and to distribute materials to patients | |
| Florida | 1995 to present | At-risk consumer and general public | Distributed State (Table 2) brochures and folders as well as ISSC , FDA and ISSC materials through health fairs and media activities to the at-risk consumer and the general public, physicians serving at-risk groups, restaurant owners, and public health professionals. Used materials for "one-on-one" educational activities with physicians who have treated or are treating patients with Vibrio disease. Activities have occurred in all 67 Florida counties | |
| Florida | February 1999 | Video produced by the Florida Department of Health and the National Laboratory Training Network during a 2 hour nationwide satellite teleconference used statewide and distributed nationally to train laboratory, epidemiology ad environmental health professionals. | ||
| Mississippi | 08/99 - 11/99 | MS Gulf Coast physicians and their patients | 342 | Distributed ISSC Fact Sheet on Vibrio vulnificus and ISSC brochure on risk of eating raw oysters |
| Mississippi | 1998 - ongoing | Oyster harvesters and general public | ~500 | Distributed Mississippi "Oyster Seafood Safety" brochure |
| Mississippi | 2000 - ongoing | General public | Unknown (new) | Distribute "Gone Oystering" brochure |
| Texas | 1997 | Physicians and their patients | Travis County participated in ISSC pilot project to survey physicians concerning risk associated with Vibrio vulnificus and to distribute materials to patients |