[Health] Introductions to Health Digest

Thu Aug 5 00:12:26 EDT 2010

Hi all.

Along with Tom and some people we were working on health peripherals.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TeleHealth_Hardware

Based on the open hardware principles.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Open_Hardware

A related link

http://www.open-ecg-project.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1

Glad to see this list coming to like again :).

Rafael Ortiz

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org> wrote:
> Looks like we have all sorts of different interests here!
> I'm trying to get Jacquie and Steve on board to work on something together.
> Caryl and Randy, maybe the two of you would like to do a sanitation unit
> together in Etoys? I know we've been talking about this one for some time.
> Caryl, you and Sameer could also tackle the idea of recording health
> peripherals (would work great in Etoys but could definitely also use
> Measure). What do you all think? Would anyone else like to jump in on a
> topic?
>
> Beth
> ---
> Beth Santos
> Outreach Coordinator
> Waveplace Foundation
>
> Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
> Fax: +1 610 797 3199
> Cell: +1 603 661 1273
> http://www.waveplace.org
>
> Waveplace on Facebook
> Twitter: @waveplace
> 2010/8/3 Dari Al-Huwail <dhuwail at hotmail.com>
>>
>> Hi All,
>> My name is Dari AlHuwail and I am a Systems Engineer at Dasman Diabetes
>> Institute in Kuwait. I am currently in Boston training with Harvard Medical
>> Faculty Physicians's Division of Clinical Informatics at Beth
>> Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) until the 20th of August. I have
>> been one of the early adopters of OLPC and have been trying to get it
>> to accompany myself and a group of others to Kenya as part of a
>> volunteer initiative named Kuwait for Kenya (K4K). I have been involved with
>> groups like Students for International Change (now Support for International
>> Change) where we taught about HIV/AIDS in rural villages of Tanzania.
>> I am an IT professional by degree an d am very interested in health
>> informatics and applications we can deploy on such platform. I am willing to
>> help out in whatever capacity. I can be reached via email or cell phone in
>> Boston on 617-383-1043.
>>
>> Dari
>> [blog] crazydq8.wordpress.com
>> [C.V.] dhuwail.wordpress.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:10:26 -0700
>> From: tom.boonsiri at gmail.com
>> To: health at lists.laptop.org
>> CC: ischinca at plan.ceibal.edu.uy
>> Subject: Re: [Health] Introductions to Health Digest
>>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> Glad to see Beth re-invigorated the list!
>> I have been supporting OLPC content and peripheral development on and off
>> the last few years. Two years ago, a former Medtronic colleague and I built
>> up two inexpensive peripherals to explore biofeedback on the XO and to
>> demonstrate its versatility as a potential healthcare platform. We held a
>> few demonstrations on the West Coast within middle schools and deployed a
>> few peripherals to pilot programs in Europe. We also developed a lesson plan
>> with local teachers that could be distributed to other instructors without
>> formal knowledge of biology or health. However, we haven't seen much
>> momentum or interest in carrying this to a large scale health education
>> project -- this mostly due to the burdensome additional cost of peripherals.
>>
>> I will be taking a hiatus from OLPC support very soon to start business
>> school, but have been working with Ismael Schinca at Plan Ceibal (OLPC
>> Uruguay) on one last deployment. We could use a few extra hands to work on
>> either localization or enhancement of the UI to our activity. (@Stephen
>> Thomas, interested in helping?)
>> @ismael, feel free to chime in on your vision of OLPC Health in your
>> Uruguay implementation.
>>
>> @Sameer, glad to see you're still interested in sensor activities on the
>> XO. Sorry, we never got to meet up in SF.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Tom Boonsiri
>> http://olpcgoldenstate.blogspot.com/
>>
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>>   1. Re: Introductions (Steve Thomas)
>>   2. Re: Introductions (Jacquelyn Stone)
>>   3. Plan Ceibal (Beth Santos)
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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:57:02 -0400
>> From: Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Health] Introductions
>> To: Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int>
>> Cc: OLPC Health list <health at lists.laptop.org>,
>>        etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I can help with Etoys development and am interested in pairing with anyone
>> working subject matter knowledge.
>>
>> Stephen Thomas
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int> wrote:
>>
>> >  Hi All,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I work for an intergovernmental agency in the Pacific Islands, providing
>> > Technical Assistance to 22 Islands. It is called the Secretariat of the
>> > Pacific Community (SPC)
>> >
>> > I work in the ICT Outreach program and have responsibility for OLPC and
>> > the
>> > Rural Internet Connectivity System (affordable VSAT Internet)
>> >
>> > So far, we have started 9 country OLPC projects.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SPC has a major Health program in the region and runs many projects on
>> > Non
>> > Communicable Diseases and things like elimination of malaria, TB etc.
>> > Some
>> > of our health projects are funded by the Global Foundation. We do quite
>> > a
>> > lot of education and capacity building in the program and have developed
>> > many paper based education resources
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In the Pacific, we are looking at developing culturally appropriate
>> > digital
>> > resources that help islanders address their major issues such as Health
>> > and
>> > Climate Change.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Ian Thomson
>> >
>> > PacRICS and OLPC Coordinator
>> >
>> > SPC
>> >
>> > Phone +687 26 01 44
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *From:* health-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
>> > health-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Santos
>> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:46 AM
>> > *To:* OLPC Health list; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
>> > *Subject:* [Health] Introductions
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Now that I'm back in the USA, let's get people introduced to one
>> > another. I
>> > think a good idea might be to first introduce ourselves and describe our
>> > interests, then pair people up together (Etoys people with public health
>> > people and such) to take on different units (I'm assuming at least the
>> > majority of them will be based in Etoys so that teachers can edit them
>> > to
>> > make them culturally relevant in various locations). Then we can get a
>> > timeline going to see some of this stuff out.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So if you can just take a quick five minutes to *introduce yourself *and
>> > to indicate what *particular interests *you have in terms of public
>> > health
>> > projects, that'd be great!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm Beth and I'm the Outreach Coordinator for Waveplace
>> > Foundation<http://www.waveplace.org>.
>> > After doing a few laptop pilots using Etoys and OLPC's XO laptop, what I
>> > realized was really missing was some public health curricula that kids
>> > could
>> > use in our (and other) laptop programs around the world. I have my own
>> > computer program running in S?o Tom? that has benefitted from the
>> > Waveplace
>> > courseware but has also done a lot of development on its own. I've also
>> > worked in Haiti and St. John with Waveplace.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Lots of interest in terms of public health, nothing in particular comes
>> > to
>> > mind, though I do have experience with malaria and AIDS prevention
>> > initiatives.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Excited to be working with all of you and hoping that we can get some
>> > great
>> > work together!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Take care,
>> >
>> > Beth
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > PS Etoys Education Team-- I cc'ed you on this email in case any of you
>> > are
>> > interested in joining us on the OLPC listserv, which is our home even
>> > though
>> > it's technically a Waveplace project that we're doing. Let me know and
>> > I'd
>> > be happy to add you, or sign up yourself to the OLPC list at least!
>> >
>> > ---
>> > *Beth Santos*
>> > Outreach Coordinator
>> > Waveplace Foundation
>> >
>> > Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
>> > Fax: +1 610 797 3199
>> > Cell: +1 603 661 1273
>> > http://www.waveplace.org
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Health mailing list
>> > Health at lists.laptop.org
>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health
>> >
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>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:29:20 -0400
>> From: Jacquelyn Stone <jacquie.stone at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Health] Introductions
>> To: Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
>> Cc: Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int>, OLPC Health list
>>        <health at lists.laptop.org>,
>>  etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
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>>
>> Hello All-
>>
>> My name is Jacquie Stone and I am brand new to this email list. I went to
>> college with Beth Santos, and she talked to me about how you are all
>> looking
>> to develop a public health curriculum for this program.
>>
>> I completed my Master's in Public Health this past spring at Boston
>> University, with a concentration in epidemiology and international health.
>> Both before and during my degree, I worked for the Clinton Foundation
>> HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI). During my 4 years there I had the opportunity
>> to
>> live and work for them in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nigeria and Boston. During
>> that time, and while in school, my focus narrowed to childhood
>> malnutrition,
>> with particular emphasis on the epidemiology of the condition, developing
>> trainings for diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition, and designing
>> monitoring and evaluation systems for programs aiming to address childhood
>> malnutrition.
>>
>> In January, I left CHAI to work for Management Sciences for Health, a non
>> profit public health consulting firm based in Boston. Just recently, I
>> finished a contract consultancy with them and I am now looking for
>> additional consulting work, paid or pro bono.
>>
>> I've just moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina to live with my (newlywed)
>> husband, who is a Marine stationed here. As luck would have it, Beth is
>> moving to my neighborhood as well and we had the chance to meet in person
>> this past weekend to talk about the future of this public health
>> curriculum.
>>
>> Given my background and interests, I'd be most inclined (and enthused!) to
>> partner with anyone who is interested in working on a malnutrition unit.
>>
>> Look forward to collaborating with you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jacquie
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I can help with Etoys development and am interested in pairing with
>> > anyone
>> > working subject matter knowledge.
>> >
>> > Stephen Thomas
>> >
>> > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int> wrote:
>> >
>> >>  Hi All,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I work for an intergovernmental agency in the Pacific Islands,
>> >> providing
>> >> Technical Assistance to 22 Islands. It is called the Secretariat of the
>> >> Pacific Community (SPC)
>> >>
>> >> I work in the ICT Outreach program and have responsibility for OLPC and
>> >> the Rural Internet Connectivity System (affordable VSAT Internet)
>> >>
>> >> So far, we have started 9 country OLPC projects.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> SPC has a major Health program in the region and runs many projects on
>> >> Non
>> >> Communicable Diseases and things like elimination of malaria, TB etc.
>> >> Some
>> >> of our health projects are funded by the Global Foundation. We do quite
>> >> a
>> >> lot of education and capacity building in the program and have
>> >> developed
>> >> many paper based education resources
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In the Pacific, we are looking at developing culturally appropriate
>> >> digital resources that help islanders address their major issues such
>> >> as
>> >> Health and Climate Change.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ian Thomson
>> >>
>> >> PacRICS and OLPC Coordinator
>> >>
>> >> SPC
>> >>
>> >> Phone +687 26 01 44
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *From:* health-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
>> >> health-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Santos
>> >> *Sent:* Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:46 AM
>> >> *To:* OLPC Health list; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
>> >> *Subject:* [Health] Introductions
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Now that I'm back in the USA, let's get people introduced to one
>> >> another.
>> >> I think a good idea might be to first introduce ourselves and describe
>> >> our
>> >> interests, then pair people up together (Etoys people with public
>> >> health
>> >> people and such) to take on different units (I'm assuming at least the
>> >> majority of them will be based in Etoys so that teachers can edit them
>> >> to
>> >> make them culturally relevant in various locations). Then we can get a
>> >> timeline going to see some of this stuff out.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So if you can just take a quick five minutes to *introduce yourself
>> >> *and
>> >> to indicate what *particular interests *you have in terms of public
>> >> health projects, that'd be great!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm Beth and I'm the Outreach Coordinator for Waveplace
>> >> Foundation<http://www.waveplace.org>.
>> >> After doing a few laptop pilots using Etoys and OLPC's XO laptop, what
>> >> I
>> >> realized was really missing was some public health curricula that kids
>> >> could
>> >> use in our (and other) laptop programs around the world. I have my own
>> >> computer program running in S?o Tom? that has benefitted from the
>> >> Waveplace
>> >> courseware but has also done a lot of development on its own. I've also
>> >> worked in Haiti and St. John with Waveplace.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lots of interest in terms of public health, nothing in particular comes
>> >> to
>> >> mind, though I do have experience with malaria and AIDS prevention
>> >> initiatives.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Excited to be working with all of you and hoping that we can get some
>> >> great work together!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Take care,
>> >>
>> >> Beth
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> PS Etoys Education Team-- I cc'ed you on this email in case any of you
>> >> are
>> >> interested in joining us on the OLPC listserv, which is our home even
>> >> though
>> >> it's technically a Waveplace project that we're doing. Let me know and
>> >> I'd
>> >> be happy to add you, or sign up yourself to the OLPC list at least!
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> *Beth Santos*
>> >> Outreach Coordinator
>> >> Waveplace Foundation
>> >>
>> >> Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
>> >> Fax: +1 610 797 3199
>> >> Cell: +1 603 661 1273
>> >> http://www.waveplace.org
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Health mailing list
>> >> Health at lists.laptop.org
>> >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:08:06 -0400
>> From: Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org>
>> Subject: [Health] Plan Ceibal
>> To: OLPC Health list <health at lists.laptop.org>
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>> Interesting content on the Plan Ceibal site. For those of you who don't
>> know, Plan Ceibal is a laptop program using the XO laptop that has been
>> going strong through all of Uruguay.
>>
>>
>> http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/Portal.Base/Web/VerContenido.aspx?GUID=07ce0679-1f2c-48cc-bb0c-cd19e3c3a9cb&ID=106149
>>
>>
>> <http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/Portal.Base/Web/VerContenido.aspx?GUID=07ce0679-1f2c-48cc-bb0c-cd19e3c3a9cb&ID=106149>Some
>> interesting content on HIV/AIDS, etc...
>>
>> Beth
>> ---
>> *Beth Santos*
>> Outreach Coordinator
>> Waveplace Foundation
>>
>> Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
>> Fax: +1 610 797 3199
>> Cell: +1 603 661 1273
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