Conducting Interviews and Making a Health Catalog

Organize the data and images of the instruments, machines, and tools used to regain, improve, or replace some bodily functions, and classify them.

1. Recolectar datos e imágenes de instrumentos, máquinas y herramientas que recuperan, mejoran o reemplazan funciones corporales.
2. Clasificarlos en una tabla de tres columnas: Regain (recuperar), Improve (mejorar), Replace (reemplazar).
3. Ejemplo de clasificación:

Respuesta orientativa: Los instrumentos se organizan según su función: recuperar (fisioterapia), mejorar (lentes) o reemplazar (prótesis) funciones del cuerpo.

If there is only one health center, find out which services are provided and visit each facility.

1. Identificar el centro de salud de la comunidad.
2. Preguntar por los servicios: dental, consulta general, nutrición, laboratorio, entre otros.
3. Registrar la información en una lista.

Respuesta orientativa: Se visita el centro de salud y se anotan los servicios disponibles para incluirlos en el catálogo.

Once you have the information, in assembly, select the best items and images and answer the questions with short and attractive sentences.

1. Reunirse en asamblea y elegir los mejores datos e imágenes.
2. Responder las preguntas con oraciones cortas y atractivas.

Respuestas orientativas:

• Did you know that there are financial aids for buying low-cost wheelchairs in the community? → Yes, some community programs offer financial aid for low-cost wheelchairs.
• Are you aware of the technological innovations that help improve your vision with lenses that darken in sunlight? Are they available in your community? → Yes, photochromic lenses are available at local optical shops.
• Did you know that orthopedic services to treat problems related to the musculoskeletal system are available in your community? → Yes, the health center offers orthopedic surgeries, devices, and therapies.
• Did you know that there are permanent vaccination campaigns at the community's clinic? → Yes, the clinic has permanent vaccination campaigns.
• Did you know that your community provides ambulatory surgery services for some medical conditions? → Yes, ambulatory surgery is available for some conditions.
• The following services are available in the community:
  • Devices and test strips to measure the concentration of glucose in blood.
  • Devices for measuring blood pressure.
  • Devices to improve hearing.

Use drawings or photographs to make it attractive.

Respuesta orientativa: Se incluyen dibujos o fotografías para que el catálogo sea visualmente atractivo.

If you use the video catalog format, you can share it in social networks.

Respuesta orientativa: El catálogo en video puede compartirse en redes sociales para mayor difusión.

Include a thank you note for those who helped you, as well as for the place you visited.

Respuesta orientativa: Se agrega una nota de agradecimiento a las personas y al lugar visitado.

Sharing and Assessing What We Learned

1. Present your project to the school community in an exhibition or on a wall newspaper.
2. Share your catalog in the community where you live; you can paste copies in public places, such as libraries, kiosks, and markets, among others.
3. In assembly, talk about the impact of the catalog.
4. Talk to your family about the usefulness of tools, machines, and instruments that facilitate and increase human capabilities in the health field.
5. Finally, write in your notebooks the assembly agreements reached by the community to learn more about the machines, tools, and instruments that you can get access to in the health field.

Respuesta orientativa: Se presenta el proyecto, se comparte el catálogo, se dialoga sobre su impacto, se comenta en familia y se registran los acuerdos de la asamblea en el cuaderno.