Announcing FENet.org

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Announcing: FENet/ The Farmworker Eye Network:

Beginning November 2000, a unique network, FENet, will link health

providers, health educators, outreach workers and researchers to the

resources necessary to respond to vision problems and eye-related

occupational dangers faced by farmworkers. FENet has been created to

offer those that serve farmworkers the opportunity to network and

communicate key information on eye care and eye injury prevention.

FENet was founded by the Rural Women’s Health Project and is

co-sponsored by Midwest Farmworkers Eye Injury Prevention Partnership.

FENet will offer workshop/presentations, a listserve and a web site that

catalogs listings of educational materials, publications, research and

articles addressing the issues of eye care for agricultural workers.

The site will also announce upcoming presentations on farmworker eye

care issues. Our site is located at: http://www.FENet.org

The mission of FENet is:

1. To increase the promotion of eye care, to Farmworkers and their

families, as part of basic outreach and health care.

2. To increase the use and availability of safety equipment by promoting

further research and field projects which identify the obstacles

Farmworkers encounter in using safety lenses.

3. To encourage further development and distribution of creative and

appropriate eye care educational materials for Farmworkers and their

families.

4. To catalog educational materials, publications, research and articles

that address eye care for farmworkers (including eye injury prevention,

eye conditions, safety equipment and first aid for the eyes).

5. To advocate for the needs of Farmworkers, by developing preliminary

surveys on eye care issues.

We welcome any ideas or submissions for FENet. Join our listserve by

sending an e-mail to farmworker_eye_net-subscribeegroups

For more information about FENet, email us at info@... or call

352-372-1095.

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Rural Women's Health Project | P.O. Box 12016, Gainesville, FL 32604 |

352.372.1095 | Fax: 352.338.8211

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