[Health] Notes from OLPC/Waveplace Health Discussion

[Beth Santos]

Some additions to the list:

>
>    - Topics
>       - Hide quoted text -
>       -
>          - 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
>             - Cholera
>          - Healthy lifestyles
>          - Diabetes
>          - Hide quoted text -
>       -
>          - 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)
>
>
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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
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org> wrote:

> 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)
>>
>>
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