[Health] OLPC for Global Health
adesina iluyemi
adeiluyemi at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 10:23:32 EDT 2009
Good to read that people are getting interested in OLPC for health workers
in developing countries. This is an issue I am raised on this list last
year. There is a page on OLPC wiki that I have developed for this purpose.
Will be glad to join any initiative
Adesina
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> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:38:46 -0400
> From: Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Health] OLPC Health Projects
> To: Kirsten Austad <keaustad at gmail.com>
> Cc: health and OLPC <health at lists.laptop.org>,
> jstone at conductingclinicalresearch.com, Paul Commons
> <commons at laptop.org>, Ben Oldfield <bjoldfield at gmail.com>,
> mika at yukidoke.org
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> Hello Kirsten,
>
> How did this project go over the summer? What tools did you end up
> using? I'd be interested in seeing such a program tried out with XOs,
> and in hearing more about your ideas for how to represent (and
> gather?) health information.
>
> SJ
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Kirsten Austad<keaustad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > ??? I have been on the OLPC health list before, but to reintroduce I am a
> > first year at HMS.? This summer I and another student will be working
> with
> > the PIH-affiliated program in Chiapas, specifically with the health
> > promoters who have asked for an easier way to use clinical algorithms for
> > diagnosis and treatment of common disease (already designed by a
> > physician).? Presenting these medical flow charts on paper is often
> > confusing due to the overwhelmingness of all the information on the page
> at
> > once, so we will be spending this summer looking at whether some sort of
> > technology could be used to make the clinical algorithms easier to use
> for
> > the health promoters.
> >
> > ???? The director of our project Dr. Palazuelos has been working with
> groups
> > who are using PDAs for similar projects, but there are some worries about
> > the utility and sustainability of PDAs in rural Chiapas (power source,
> > durability, etc.).?? In thinking about how to get around these problems,
> we
> > thought of OLPCs whose design seems perfect for what the PDAs lack.
> >
> > ??? I was wondering who we could potentially speak to about this issue
> and
> > whether OLPCs are allowed to, or have ever been used for, this sort of
> > "off-label" purpose.? Of course these are just preliminary ideas that we
> had
> > and wanted to check in about and brainstorm this as a potential solution,
> or
> > to see whether it could take us in a productive direction.? Any guidance
> > would be much appreciate, thanks so much for your time,
> >
> > ~Kirsten
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Kirsten Austad
> > MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012
> > BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University
> of
> > Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
> > cell: 608-209-1001
> > e-mail: Kirsten_Austad at hms.harvard.edu or keaustad at gmail.com
> >
> > "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give
> you
> > the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your
> > errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We
> > should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at
> > that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Kirsten ?and Julia,
> >>
> >> There have been enough health related discussions and projects to
> >> warrant its own discussion list, and occasional meetings by phone and
> >> in person. ?You should start with that list -- copied here.
> >>
> >> SJ
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Kirsten Austad <keaustad at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Mika and SJ,
> >> >
> >> > ? ? Ben, thanks so much for putting us in touch! ?I am adding another
> >> > person
> >> > to the conversation, one of my classmates Julia who was extensive
> global
> >> > health experience and worked with the Partners in Health program in
> >> > Rwanda
> >> > and has lived in various places in the Americas. ?We were talking
> about
> >> > the
> >> > possibilities today of utilizing OLPC for global health, and are both
> >> > very
> >> > excited. ?We would love to meet with either or both of you--Mika and
> >> > SJ--to
> >> > discuss what you guys have thought about in the health applications of
> >> > OLPC,
> >> > what Julia and I have been brainstorming, and if there is someway for
> us
> >> > to
> >> > get invovled (both here in the U.S. or on-site).
> >> >
> >> > ? ? We are at the Longwood Medical Campus near the Brigham, but can
> >> > travel
> >> > over to Cambridge if that is where both of you are based. ?Our
> schedules
> >> > are
> >> > variable at this time due to Anatomy Lab, but if you two want to throw
> >> > some
> >> > days and times out there we can surely find one that works. ?Looking
> >> > forward
> >> > to it!
> >> >
> >> > ~Kirsten
> >> >
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> > Kirsten Austad
> >> > MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012
> >> > BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature,
> University
> >> > of
> >> > Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
> >> > cell: 608-209-1001
> >> > e-mail: Kirsten_Austad at hms.harvard.edu or keaustad at gmail.com
> >> >
> >> > "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give
> >> > you
> >> > the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you
> your
> >> > errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We
> >> > should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn
> at
> >> > that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz
> >> > <bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Kirsten,
> >> >>
> >> >> I am writing to introduce you to Mika and SJ. ?Mika is an MPH (?)
> >> >> student
> >> >> at HSPH. SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kirsten is an MD student at HMS. ?She has experience working in
> clinics
> >> >> and in education in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, and is
> interested
> >> >> in
> >> >> doing curriculum design and evaluation with OLPC. ?She has a travel
> >> >> grant
> >> >> through HMS (?) that she could use to travel to a deployment,
> >> >> implement,
> >> >> and evaluate such a curriculum... and that's just the beginning.
> >> >>
> >> >> Mika wrote her MPH thesis on an ethical approach to determining which
> >> >> medicines are "essential" in developing countries. ?She has become
> one
> >> >> of
> >> >> the organizing leaders of the OLPC health projects.
> >> >>
> >> >> SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something like that. ?He is
> >> >> responsible for OLPC's curriculum projects, and can definitely put
> you
> >> >> in
> >> >> touch with the right people in the right countries.
> >> >>
> >> >> Some resources to be aware of:
> >> >> As of today, it is possible to buy an XO in the US for $400, $200 of
> >> >> which
> >> >> is a tax-deductible charitable donation (not that grad students
> >> >> typically
> >> >> itemize deductions...). ?Info about that program is available at
> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/xo
> >> >>
> >> >> If you think you need an XO for an OLPC-related project, but can't
> >> >> afford
> >> >> to buy one, you can apply to the Contributors program at
> >> >> http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1. ?(For curriculum
> >> >> development, you probably don't actually need an XO.)
> >> >>
> >> >> The OLPC Health wiki pages are at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health.
> >> >> There's a great deal of information there, but it is terribly
> >> >> disorganized, and since it's a public wiki its contents reflect the
> >> >> priorities of many different authors.
> >> >>
> >> >> There is a mailing list for OLPC health-related discussion at
> >> >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health. ?That's a good place to ask
> >> >> questions, though you're also welcome to ask any of us directly.
> >> >>
> >> >> That's all for now, I think. ?Welcome to OLPC!
> >> >>
> >> >> --Ben
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:31:44 -0400
> From: DancesWithCars <danceswithcars at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Health] OLPC Health Projects
> To: Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ben Oldfield <bjoldfield at gmail.com>, Kirsten Austad
> <keaustad at gmail.com>, jstone at conductingclinicalresearch.com,
> health
> and OLPC <health at lists.laptop.org>, Paul Commons <
> commons at laptop.org>,
> mika at yukidoke.org
> Message-ID:
> <ee986bb60908180731t1adcba10p6f09ab1ae670c6c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> This also might be good case study for the book sprint
> in early September, Washington DC just before
> and including the 9/11 anniversary aka National
> Day of Service or similar...
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Class_Acts
>
> dwc
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Samuel Klein<meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Kirsten,
> >
> > How did this project go over the summer? ?What tools did you end up
> > using? ?I'd be interested in seeing such a program tried out with XOs,
> > and in hearing more about your ideas for how to represent (and
> > gather?) health information.
> >
> > SJ
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Kirsten Austad<keaustad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> ??? I have been on the OLPC health list before, but to reintroduce I am
> a
> >> first year at HMS.? This summer I and another student will be working
> with
> >> the PIH-affiliated program in Chiapas, specifically with the health
> >> promoters who have asked for an easier way to use clinical algorithms
> for
> >> diagnosis and treatment of common disease (already designed by a
> >> physician).? Presenting these medical flow charts on paper is often
> >> confusing due to the overwhelmingness of all the information on the page
> at
> >> once, so we will be spending this summer looking at whether some sort of
> >> technology could be used to make the clinical algorithms easier to use
> for
> >> the health promoters.
> >>
> >> ???? The director of our project Dr. Palazuelos has been working with
> groups
> >> who are using PDAs for similar projects, but there are some worries
> about
> >> the utility and sustainability of PDAs in rural Chiapas (power source,
> >> durability, etc.).?? In thinking about how to get around these problems,
> we
> >> thought of OLPCs whose design seems perfect for what the PDAs lack.
> >>
> >> ??? I was wondering who we could potentially speak to about this issue
> and
> >> whether OLPCs are allowed to, or have ever been used for, this sort of
> >> "off-label" purpose.? Of course these are just preliminary ideas that we
> had
> >> and wanted to check in about and brainstorm this as a potential
> solution, or
> >> to see whether it could take us in a productive direction.? Any guidance
> >> would be much appreciate, thanks so much for your time,
> >>
> >> ~Kirsten
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> Kirsten Austad
> >> MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012
> >> BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University
> of
> >> Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
> >> cell: 608-209-1001
> >> e-mail: Kirsten_Austad at hms.harvard.edu or keaustad at gmail.com
> >>
> >> "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give
> you
> >> the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your
> >> errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We
> >> should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at
> >> that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear Kirsten ?and Julia,
> >>>
> >>> There have been enough health related discussions and projects to
> >>> warrant its own discussion list, and occasional meetings by phone and
> >>> in person. ?You should start with that list -- copied here.
> >>>
> >>> SJ
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Kirsten Austad <keaustad at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Hi Mika and SJ,
> >>> >
> >>> > ? ? Ben, thanks so much for putting us in touch! ?I am adding another
> >>> > person
> >>> > to the conversation, one of my classmates Julia who was extensive
> global
> >>> > health experience and worked with the Partners in Health program in
> >>> > Rwanda
> >>> > and has lived in various places in the Americas. ?We were talking
> about
> >>> > the
> >>> > possibilities today of utilizing OLPC for global health, and are both
> >>> > very
> >>> > excited. ?We would love to meet with either or both of you--Mika and
> >>> > SJ--to
> >>> > discuss what you guys have thought about in the health applications
> of
> >>> > OLPC,
> >>> > what Julia and I have been brainstorming, and if there is someway for
> us
> >>> > to
> >>> > get invovled (both here in the U.S. or on-site).
> >>> >
> >>> > ? ? We are at the Longwood Medical Campus near the Brigham, but can
> >>> > travel
> >>> > over to Cambridge if that is where both of you are based. ?Our
> schedules
> >>> > are
> >>> > variable at this time due to Anatomy Lab, but if you two want to
> throw
> >>> > some
> >>> > days and times out there we can surely find one that works. ?Looking
> >>> > forward
> >>> > to it!
> >>> >
> >>> > ~Kirsten
> >>> >
> >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> > Kirsten Austad
> >>> > MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012
> >>> > BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature,
> University
> >>> > of
> >>> > Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
> >>> > cell: 608-209-1001
> >>> > e-mail: Kirsten_Austad at hms.harvard.edu or keaustad at gmail.com
> >>> >
> >>> > "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to
> give
> >>> > you
> >>> > the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you
> your
> >>> > errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.'
> We
> >>> > should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn
> at
> >>> > that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz
> >>> > <bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Kirsten,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I am writing to introduce you to Mika and SJ. ?Mika is an MPH (?)
> >>> >> student
> >>> >> at HSPH. SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Kirsten is an MD student at HMS. ?She has experience working in
> clinics
> >>> >> and in education in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, and is
> interested
> >>> >> in
> >>> >> doing curriculum design and evaluation with OLPC. ?She has a travel
> >>> >> grant
> >>> >> through HMS (?) that she could use to travel to a deployment,
> >>> >> implement,
> >>> >> and evaluate such a curriculum... and that's just the beginning.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Mika wrote her MPH thesis on an ethical approach to determining
> which
> >>> >> medicines are "essential" in developing countries. ?She has become
> one
> >>> >> of
> >>> >> the organizing leaders of the OLPC health projects.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something like that. ?He is
> >>> >> responsible for OLPC's curriculum projects, and can definitely put
> you
> >>> >> in
> >>> >> touch with the right people in the right countries.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Some resources to be aware of:
> >>> >> As of today, it is possible to buy an XO in the US for $400, $200 of
> >>> >> which
> >>> >> is a tax-deductible charitable donation (not that grad students
> >>> >> typically
> >>> >> itemize deductions...). ?Info about that program is available at
> >>> >> http://www.amazon.com/xo
> >>> >>
> >>> >> If you think you need an XO for an OLPC-related project, but can't
> >>> >> afford
> >>> >> to buy one, you can apply to the Contributors program at
> >>> >> http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1. ?(For curriculum
> >>> >> development, you probably don't actually need an XO.)
> >>> >>
> >>> >> The OLPC Health wiki pages are at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health.
> >>> >> There's a great deal of information there, but it is terribly
> >>> >> disorganized, and since it's a public wiki its contents reflect the
> >>> >> priorities of many different authors.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> There is a mailing list for OLPC health-related discussion at
> >>> >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health. ?That's a good place to
> ask
> >>> >> questions, though you're also welcome to ask any of us directly.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> That's all for now, I think. ?Welcome to OLPC!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --Ben
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
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>
> --
> DancesWithCars
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