[Health] Notes from OLPC/Waveplace Health Discussion

[Beth Santos]

Some additions to the list:

>
>    - Topics
>       -
>          - Physiology <http://go/Physiology> and body systems/functions
>             - Reproduction???
>             - Family planning?? Caution with these, could be culturally
>             insensitive/irrelevant
>             - Tobacco and smoking (also under air quality)
>             - Breast feeding
>                - Steve's wife- La Leche Legue
>             - Water and sanitation <http://go/Water_and_sanitation>
>             - water testing and filtration
>                - in Haiti there are good and bad wells
>                - see microscope talk below- we can compare good and bad
>                water by number of microbes, color of water, etc.
>                - Beth will get in touch with MIT students that created
>                their own water filtration kits for kids to use
>                - http://www.water1st.org/work/bangladesh/update.html
>             - village-scale water treatment
>             - latrines- Jess-- water-sealed toilets
>             - Solar-powered water still
>             - Diarrheal diseases
>             - hand-washing
>                -
>                http://www.kidzworldespanol.com/articulo/792-lavarse-las-manos
>             - Hygiene- hand-washing could also come into play here
>          - Nutrition <http://go/Nutrition>
>             - "Food Force" on the XO explores the topic of world hunger
>             - Diet planner
>             - Vitamin A and blindness
>          - Infectious diseases
>             - Make sure to focus on both communicable AND non-communicable
>             diseases
>             - H1N1
>             - MALARIA
>                - mosquito nets
>                - São Tomé has been able to end death from malaria under
>                age 5
>                - "Free from Malaria" game on the XO
>             - Dengue Fever
>          -
>          - HIV/AIDS
>          - TB
>          - Healthy lifestyles
>          - Diabetes
>          -
>          - Indoor cooking and air quality
>             - Environment/deforestation/reforestation
>             - Pollution
>             - Smoking
>          - First aid and "field" medicine
>          - Disaster Relief <http://go/Disaster_Relief>
>       - Also see more topics on http://www.tchd.org/kids.html
>          - http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php (Where There
>          Is No Doctor)
>              - Ways to present info
>       - Interactive lessons
>          - take the kids outside or doing something physical
>       - Data storing/importing
>          - perhaps using Kedama
>          - Netlogo/Starlogo
>          - health simulations where kids can play
>       - Get local involvement and ownership-- make sure content is *culturally
>       appropriate and relevant*
>       - Encourage local institutions and governments to adapt the content
>       and presentation of content to their needs
>       - Use the XO as a microscope- camera has a resolution of 720 x 480
>          - Kids can use the microscope to explore micro/macrobiotic things
>          in water, for example
>          - "seeing the invisible"
>       - Mike Dawson's Afghanistan stuff
>          -
>          http://www.paiwastoon.af/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=23&lang=en
>          - Teachers and other locals would be able to make their own
>          programs
>
>
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*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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