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New videos developed on how to safeguard your workplace

October 4, 2022

Learn the fundamentals of workplace safety to keep you and others from coming in contact with or spreading pathogens that cause illness.

This four-part video series features Dr. Kristina Mena, PhD, MSPH, Dean and Environmental Scientist with the UTHealth School of Public Health El Paso, on how to minimize exposure and transmission of pathogens in the spaces where we live and work.

These videos were developed in partnership with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Paso del Norte Community Foundation with generous funding support from Texas Mutual.

Pathogens, People and Places: Workplace Safeguard for Illness Intervention

• Introduction and understanding of pathogens and transmission
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfpGSqTd-s
• Offices and steps to take to mitigate spread
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kbis5coF64
• Restaurants and steps to take to mitigate spread
  https://youtu.be/ghVVZNE06_Q
• Retail and steps to take to mitigate spread
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt3G4qjYGSY

You can also find these videos on the Healthy Paso del Norte website.

The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health El Paso was established in 1992, the El Paso Campus is proud to celebrate its 30th anniversary of providing the Paseo del Norte region with premier public health education, research, and community impact. The El Paso campus faculty and students lead cutting-edge research that translates to innovative practices. For more information, visit https://sph.uth.edu/campuses/el-paso.

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is a supporting organization of the Paso del Norte Community Foundation.