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<b class="">Virtual Workshop: Public Health and Research Applications of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div>
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<b class="">Register: </b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G6Vu5I2UTA2Pykf2QUwJOA__;!!NoSwA-eRAg!Q-I1KgueUS5bO9oDSwbEdv1Dgr35ItQpk_vlc-x7vsoQO6tC1s18CkP1lwWmyWi1y56NtQ$" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G6Vu5I2UTA2Pykf2QUwJOA</a><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div>
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<b class="">Date/Time: </b>Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 1:00-2:15pm Eastern<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Prevent Blindness will be hosting a FREE virtual workshop on the Public Health and Research Applications of the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/index.html__;!!NoSwA-eRAg!Q-I1KgueUS5bO9oDSwbEdv1Dgr35ItQpk_vlc-x7vsoQO6tC1s18CkP1lwWmyWje48TOZQ$" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">CDC’s
Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System</a> (VEHSS). This workshop will focus on how to use the CDC’s VEHSS and how the data can be leveraged for use in public health research and programs. You will learn:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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What VEHSS is and the data it contains,<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
How to use the VEHSS website to run custom data queries and download data, and<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
How to query data to develop research hypotheses, identify disparities, and inform public health planning and policy.<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></li></ul>
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<b class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cvph.preventblindness.org/events/vehss-virtual-workshop/__;!!NoSwA-eRAg!Q-I1KgueUS5bO9oDSwbEdv1Dgr35ItQpk_vlc-x7vsoQO6tC1s18CkP1lwWmyWhwpNDmZg$" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Speakers</a> include:<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div>
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Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH, University of Michigan <o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Elizabeth Lundeen, PhD, MPH, Vision Health Initiative, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
John Wittenborn, NORC at the University of Chicago<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
David B. Rein, PhD, MPA, NORC at the University of Chicago<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Kira Baldonado, MPH, Prevent Blindness (moderator)</li></ul>
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