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International Camping Congress Debuts
First Edition of Online Newsletter
Learn all about the 8th Annual International Camping Congress to be held in Quebec
in October 2008 in this informative newsletter (PDF).
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Lifeguard Recruitment Research Provides
Road Map to Target the Right Kids
What do young people today think of becoming a lifeguard? The answer depends
on who you ask. Research conducted on behalf of the American Red Cross in May
2007 reveals that there are personality traits, values and life experiences that
make young people more likely to consider becoming a lifeguard.
In an online national survey of more than
2,000 teens and young adults aged 15 to
20–half lifeguards and half non-lifeguards–the
Red Cross set out to gain a better understanding
of how best to recruit and retain young
lifeguards in today's competitive
world.
The research findings outline personality
and lifestyle profiles for both current
lifeguards and those youth most likely
to become lifeguards. To learn more and
to get tips to improve your recruitment
tactics, view a one-hour, pre-recorded
Webcast hosted by the Red Cross by logging
on to www.aquaticsintl.com/redcross.
It's free and available 24/7!
For more information about the Red Cross
Lifeguarding program and other aquatic
programs, contact your local Red Cross
chapter or visit www.redcross.org.
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New Analysis Finds Early Childhood Vaccination
Rates Have Stalled
Twenty-one states have vaccination rates
lower than the national average. Progress
towards full immunization of young preschoolers
has stalled since 2004, according to a Child
Trends analysis of recently released
data from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). The
analysis finds that the proportion of children
ages nineteen to thirty-five months receiving
the "combination series vaccine" (4:3:1:3)
increased from 69 percent to 83 percent
between 1994 and 2004, but remained at
82 percent in 2005 and 2006.
The CDC recommends vaccinating children
against most vaccine-preventable diseases
by the time they are two years old because
these diseases are more common and more
deadly among infants and small children.
The Child Trends analysis also reveals
significant differences by poverty status.
Children in families with incomes below
the poverty level are somewhat less likely
than those in families at or above the
poverty level to receive the combination
series vaccine (78 percent and 84 percent,
respectively, in 2006).
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