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COVID-19 health advice webinar for educators set Sept. 2

September 1, 2020

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware will host a back-to-school webinar, Back to School & Supporting Your Positive Well-being in the New School Year, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 2, in partnership with ChristianaCare.

“Knowing that the COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for schools, Highmark Delaware and ChristianaCare are joining forces to ensure resources for health and wellness are readily available,” said Nick Moriello, president of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware. 

Education professionals, nurses and others who provide direct support to students are encouraged to attend. The webinar is free and open to the public.

“At ChristianaCare, our mission is simple: We take care of people,” said Janice E. Nevin., MD, MPH, president and CEO of ChristianaCare. “One of the many ways we’ve been caring for the people in our community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been to provide them with timely, accurate information that they can trust, so they can stay safe and be healthy. We’re pleased to partner with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware to support the educators in our community.”

The webinar will feature experts from ChristianaCare, provide an update on COVID-19 from infectious disease experts, and discuss ways to manage mental well-being as Delaware heads back to school.

The panel of experts will include: Cydney Teal, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine chair; Marci Drees, MD, chief infection prevention officer; Vanessa Downing, PhD, Center for WorkLife Wellbeing director; Suzanne Bauer, PsyD, Esq., clinical psychologist; Mary Williams, registered dietitian; Stephen Eppes, MD, pediatric infectious disease director; and Karen Antell, MD, school-based health centers medical director.

To register, go to highmarkhealth.zoom.us/webinar.

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