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When they are done, the flannel-board could look something like this:
Let the students argue about how many sad faces to put up for ‘cough’ as compared
to ‘diarrhea’, or whether ‘drunkenness’ is contagious or not. This will get them thinking
and talking about the problems in their villages.
There may be differences of opinion, especially if the health workers come from
different areas. For example, in Project Piaxtla in Mexico, some health workers
come from hot, lowland villages where diarrhea, hookworm, and typhoid are
more common. Others come from mountain villages where colds, bronchitis, and
pneumonia are more common. So health workers will discover that problems and
needs vary from village to village.
For those who cannot read:
Health workers can use
these same methods with
persons who cannot read. To
show the problems, they can
use simple drawings instead
of words. Once the drawings
are explained, people rarely
forget what they represent.
Here is an example:
Can you identify each
problem?