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Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

10-Minute Paper

MUVE: Tick Ecology and Control

Emergency preparedness through integrated pest management education and tribal partnerships in Arizona

Sunday, October 31, 2021
8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 301-303
In-Person

The purpose of this project is to protect human health and the environment through community collaborations, which will prevent pest management related pollution and enhance emergency preparedness related to pest outbreaks within Arizona’s Native American border communities.

 

The project team partnered with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona to work with three tribal communities on the U.S.-Mexican border. We identified and addressed priority training needs for public and environmental health, and provided need-based, community-driven education focused on reducing environmental risks and public health threats affecting tribal communities using integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Multi-media outreach helped to maximize the impact of our education efforts. Across all training events, health and well-being of tribal community members were improved by increasing awareness and knowledge of vector pests, public health pests, pesticide safety, and IPM practices in their environments. This project engaged a variety of new underserved stakeholder communities challenged by pest issues, ultimately providing benefits from the implementation of sustainable IPM practices.

 
The university experts, public health agencies and tribal collaborative groups involved in this project share common goals to reduce environmental and human health risks for tribal members, and to enhance emergency preparedness within the communities. As a result of this project, the team of scientific experts are better connected with tribal communities, and community leaders are more informed about their needs and priorities. Tribal citizens and public health professionals have improved access to the latest scientific findings and best management practices to improve public and environmental health in tribal communities.