Climate and Health Intervention Project: Tick Safe Practices
Tick Safe Practices
In 2018, with funding from the State of NH’s Division of Public Health Services Building Resilience Against Severe Weather and Climate Effects grant, the region developed a work group that looked at how weather and climate affect the health of the seacoast. We researched a variety of weather related illnesses that can affect the residents of the seacoast and decided that due to rising reported cases of Lyme disease in Rockingham County, safe tick practices and prevention was an important project for the Seacoast Public Health Network to undertake.
The Plan of Action, developed by the workgroup, outlines the following interventions to address the relationship between rising temperatures and increased exposure to ticks due to expanding tick habitat and a longer tick summer season. |
The specific five (5) interventions include:
Dr. Apara Dave, Infectious Disease Specialist at Exeter Hospital and CORE Physicians provided a training to 30 seacoast clinicians at Exeter Hospital on prevention and management of TBDs. Participants received Continuing Education Credits.
The materials used are available on the Tick Free NH, an online statewide educational resource and print media clearinghouse. From this resource, we purchased NH Tick Detective Workbooks for Kids and Tick Removal spoons. A Tick Resource Guide was also developed to include links to websites such as Tick Free NH, The UNH Cooperative Extension, The State of NH’s Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, Tick Encounter, and information on Tick Identification and Testing!
- Education and training of adult counselors and educators at after-school programs and summer camps to instruct others in tick-safe knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Education of youth participating in school or camp programs (by the adult counselors).
- Policy change related to insect repellant use by targeted camps and after-school programs.
- Environmental control measures to reduce tick habitat by targeted camps and after-school programs.
- Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) for clinicians on prevention and the timely diagnosis and treatment of Tickborne Diseases (TBDs).
Dr. Apara Dave, Infectious Disease Specialist at Exeter Hospital and CORE Physicians provided a training to 30 seacoast clinicians at Exeter Hospital on prevention and management of TBDs. Participants received Continuing Education Credits.
The materials used are available on the Tick Free NH, an online statewide educational resource and print media clearinghouse. From this resource, we purchased NH Tick Detective Workbooks for Kids and Tick Removal spoons. A Tick Resource Guide was also developed to include links to websites such as Tick Free NH, The UNH Cooperative Extension, The State of NH’s Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, Tick Encounter, and information on Tick Identification and Testing!
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Seacoast Public Health Network
(Lamprey Health Care)
128 NH-27
Raymond, NH
03077
(Lamprey Health Care)
128 NH-27
Raymond, NH
03077
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