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Don’t Get Ticked, NY Tick Awareness Campaign

Jody Gangloff‐Kaufmann, NYS IPM Program www.nysipm.cornell.edu www.dontgettickedny.org

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Be gan with a NY State T ask F

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• NY Senator Sue Serino, current Committee Chair
• NY State Task Force on Lyme and Tick‐Borne Disease

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In 2017, NY alloc ate d funds for L yme r e se ar c h and pr e ve ntion

• NYSIPM received funds through NYS DOH and NYSED
• In early 2017 we had proposed to:
• Conduct surveillance in SE NY where none was happening, send ticks

for disease testing

• Educate New Yorkers with a social media campaign that included lots
• f visuals.
• Tick ID cards, posters, infographics
• Tick removal kits
• Tick education kits to be created and distributed to all NY CCE offices

and BOCES organizations.

• Educate, educate, educate through presentations.

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DGT NY Campaign Outc ome s

• Worked with a great design firm to create branded materials

with cartoon visuals and accurate drawings.

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Spanish ve r sion, too

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Infogr aphic s

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Infogr aphic s

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Infogr aphic s – 10 total

• Tick Removal
• Protect Your Pets
• Monitor Your Backyard
• Repellent Use
• Prepare for Camp
• Tick Habitats
• Monitor the Schoolyard
• Treat Your Clothing
• Minimize Ticks in Your Yard
• Minimize Ticks in the Schoolyard
• All can be found at

www.dontgettickedny.org

• As well as a new Tick FAQ
• Links to TickEncounter
• The NE Regional Center for

Excellence in VBD

• CU Diagnostic Lab

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T ic k R e moval Kits

Sur ve y on be havior c hange r e quir e d

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Some funding is still in use

• Workshops for school grounds managers
• Travel throughout the state for presentations and promotion
• f materials
• This YouTube video:

www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=k5_5vM5aub4

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mor e infor mation, visit: www.dontge ttic ke d.ny

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