Short Bites Monthly 

Your digest for May 2022.

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Short Bites Monthly ensures that our data as a public health agency remains transparent to the public and to people who are interested in our mission.

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Mosquito Awareness Proclamations 

A special thanks to the following cities for providing us Mosquito Awareness Proclamations during California Mosquito Awareness Week:

  • Alhambra
  • Azusa
  • City of Industry
  • El Monte
  • Monrovia
  • San Gabriel 
  • South Pasadena
  • 1,929 sites & 129 hours of enhanced neighborhood support has been conducted in several neighborhoods that includes door-to-door property inspections and delivery of educational material. The effort is to identify and eliminate residential sources of mosquito habitat. Our staff alerts residents to disease threats and teach them how to protect themselves.
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  • We got to meet residents and students who were eager to learn about mosquito-bite prevention at a couple of events this month: (1) Arbor Day & Environmental Awareness Fair in Baldwin Park and (2) Students with Disabilities Resource Fair in El Monte.
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Image of our Outreach Assistant Seasonal leading kids in a fun game of Match The Source.

Next episode of the Bite Back Tour:

Healthy Homes & Happy Pets airs on May 19th at 11:00 AM

"Join the Bite Back Tour Season 2 for free virtual webinars focused on creating healthier, bite-free neighborhoods in San Gabriel Valley!"
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Learn more: vectoreducation.org/trainthetrainer

  • 2,154 people were educated on mosquito-borne diseases and bite prevention in the past month at our in-person events in the San Gabriel Valley. Additionally, 54,321 people were engaged with our social media content. 
  • We got to educate kindergarten classes during our school visit to Ekstrand Elementary school in San Dimas. Students learned to compare the basic needs of mosquitoes to humans with our NGSS-aligned classroom program.
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Images of our classroom visit in San Dimas.
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Images of our classroom visit in San Dimas.
A teacher sits with a book, reading to a class of seated children. The classroom has educational materials and a welcoming atmosphere.
Images of our classroom visit in San Dimas.
Two children sitting on a carpeted floor, engaged with games or cards, with several other kids nearby.
Images of our classroom visit in San Dimas.
Two young children are exploring a science activity at a table, using a magnifying glass and observing contents in a container.
Two children play a game with green cards on a table, focused on their activity in a classroom setting.
A teacher sits with a book, reading to a class of seated children. The classroom has educational materials and a welcoming atmosphere.
Two children sitting on a carpeted floor, engaged with games or cards, with several other kids nearby.
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  • The Surveillance Department continues to focus on maintaining essential vector surveillance including mosquito trap routes, arbovirus testing, providing weekly surveillance data to the district, and maintaining the mosquito fish and mosquito colonies. We have additionally begun to run our standard black fly trap routes, in response to resident complaints.
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Image of average mosquitoes per trap by sampling location and by city/community. The size of the bubbles on the map reflects the relative numbers of mosquitoes caught at each trap.

 

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Communications Department Mission Statement:

Increase transparency and credibility through multi-media dialogue in order to engage and motivate internal, local, regional, statewide, and nationwide stakeholders to take action and become public health agents of change in their communities.

 

🖋 Written by Ally Gaspar, Outreach Assistant