[Health] Introductions to Health Digest

Beth Santos beth at waveplace.org
Wed Aug 11 13:46:45 EDT 2010 

Hi all,

Just checking in to see how things are going. Looks like we have a few
Etoys-focused people who would love to help make Etoys-based content, and
just as many professionals who want to help develop the lesson plans.

Maybe do some pairings like Jacquie and Stephen on malnutrition, Randy/Caryl
on water/sanitation, Caryl/Sameer on recording peripherals (using the
measure program in Sugar), Sandra/Dari on HIV/AIDS...? What do people think?

Would love to get some 10-lesson units going by the fall in time for a
potential trip to Kenya/Tanzania. Help building two to three (or more) units
now (or as soon as possible) would be great. I know Randy is unavailable
until the 19th but we can get started later.

Thanks all!

Beth


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Waveplace Foundation

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Fax: +1 610 797 3199
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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 <http://www.dasmaninstitute.org> in Kuwait. I am currently in
> Boston training with Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians's Division of
> Clinical Informatics <http://www.hmfpinformatics.org/> 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) <http://k4k.loyac.org>.
> I have been involved with groups like Students for International Change
> (now Support for International Change)
> <http://sichange.org/2010/06/sic-alumni-spotlights-june-2010/>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 <http://dhuwail.wordpress.com/cv/>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> 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)
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>   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
> >>
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Health mailing list
> > Health at lists.laptop.org
> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health
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> 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
> http://www.waveplace.org
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