Public Education
The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center supports outreach education programs to increase awareness of the center's services and to educate the public about poison prevention information.
The center provides the following public poison prevention educational services:
- Presentations at a variety of locations including community organizations, businesses, senior citizens groups and professional conferences
- Exhibits at health fairs and other events
- Educational material distribution (brochures, magnets, telephone labels)
- Educational programs in poison prevention
- "Train the Presenter" poison prevention programs for teachers and healthcare professionals
- Educational materials
To learn more about our educational services, e-mail
Liz Barta, RN, CHES, poison educator
barta@pharmacy.arizona.edu
Educational Materials
The center provides free educational brochures, telephone labels and magnets to the public and professionals for the entire state of Arizona except for Maricopa County.
You may order free educational materials by filling out the following form:
Educational Materials Request Form
You may order up to 25 of each item listed. If you want larger quantities, please contact our educator, Liz Barta at (520) 626-6165.
You may also download many materials from the Internet.
Brochures- Household Poisons Safety and First Aid (2mb, pdf)
- Bites and Stings Safety and First Aid (4mb, pdf)
- National brochure in English and Spanish from the American Association of Poison Control Centers
Handouts
- Safety Tips in English and Spanish (1.1mb, Word document)
- Clean Sweep (208kb, Word document)
- Safe Interaction with Pit Viper Snakes (1.46mb, pdf)
Teaching Aids
- From the American Association of Poison Control Centers: A collection of handouts, brochures and games
Video Kit Educational Programs
- Qwills up - Stay Away! An educational program for preschool children
http://www.poison.org/prevent/preschool.asp - Poison Control in Action: An adult educational program in English and Spanish
http://www.poison.org/prevent/adultEd.asp