Requesting your feedback..

March 6, 2001

Dear COlleagues, as you may be aware, this Research Egroup was created

as a product of the Midwestern Stream Forum's Research Track. Another

spin off benefit was the expansion of the Research Track to the East and

to the Western Stream Forums. The genesis of all of this research

oriented activity (and a major source of the funding) has been NCFH's

partnership with the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury

Prevention and Education, based out of the University of Texas at Tyler.

Now it is time for UT to re-apply for funding from the National

Institute for Occupational Health and Safety in another competetive

grant cycle.

I am writing at this time to request your input in the form of a dialog

on this egroup. In particular, I would like to hear about three types

of things. In general, these are my questions, please feel free to talk

informally about any or all of these points:

1. What do you think of this egroup, how has it helped you and what

has it meant to you as a migrant health provider, a researcher and an

advocate for the population?

2. Have you attended any of the Forums, and if so, what have you

gotten out of them? If you have not attended a Forum, what would it

take to get you involved?

3. Has anything come out of this increased effort to unite practice

based providers with researchers, have you initiated any research that

will help us to document and understand this challenging responsibility

to serve migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

Thank you very much, your input will be very helpful to us in shaping

our plans with UT Tyler and NIOSH for future funding.

--

Bobbi Ryder

CEO

National Center for Farmworker Health

1770 FM 967

Buda, TX 78610

512.312.2700, ext. 201

512.312.2600 (fax)

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