pbl presentation - health awareness

HTH 210Deeper Learning Through Projects

HTH Graduate School of EducationPatricia Munoz-Rocha

November 2014

Meet the Problem

Students will meet with the Center for Disease Controlwho will present a health related problem.

Letter stating the problem and their request for how thestudents can provide some solutions.

Relevant Data Resources Contact information Meeting Dates POL Date

Presenting the Problem

• The Center for Disease Control will meet with the students and will presentthem with the problem, which is related to a health issue. During thismeeting, students will go over basic information, resources, and what is isthat they will need to solve and provide recommendations.

• They will prepare a timeline for when the solutions and recommendationswill be presented; with check-is and milestones

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What we know and what we need to know

The Data

Chronic andDegenerative

Diseases

Number of SickPeople inMillions

Percent ofPopulation

(319 millions)

Projection inPercents

For year 2025

Information has been confirmed with the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Centers forDisease Control and Prevention and 2 independent sources.

Cancer 21.0 7.03% 17.20%Diabetes 29.1 9.33% 28.36%

High Blood Pressure 67.5 21.15% 43.17%Obesity 78.6 24.63% 62.80%

Parkinson 3.2 1.02% 9.17%Alzheimer 7.7 2.46% 16.75%

Total 207.10 64.89

Estimated US population in Year 2014: 319 million

Essential Question

• How Can AWARENESS Affect the Health ofSociety?

Our ProcessSan Diego and D.F. Mexico

Meeting theProblem – San

Diego

Meeting theProblem -

Mexico

Developingknow/need toKnow Chart

CollecingInformation

SharingInformation

Defining theProblem

GeneratingSolutions

FittingSolution toProblem

Exhibitionwith the CDC Debriefing

Experts

• Center for Disease Control• Community Health Organizations• Hospitals• HTH Athletic Coordinator• Cancer survival

Bilingual - Products

1. Wellness Journal

2. Wellness insert in the HTHI student Handbook

3. Wellness Information in the Water bottle

4. Identify free Apps in English & Spanish

5. Health Exhibition

The journal will be created for theuse of the parents. It will allowusers to log basic health informationsuch as:• Vaccination Chart broken by

ages• Log notes when going to the

doctor.• Resources such as clinics,

pharmacies, etc.

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1. Bilingual Wellness Journal

This insert will providestudents with healthinformation, here aresome examples:

o How to read labelso Food factso Exercise factso Appso Links to Websiteso Others

2. Wellness Insert in the Student Handbook

3. Wellness/Health Information in Waterbottle• Water bottles may be of different

colors, and will have differentinformation. Wellness Journal

• Wellness insert in the HTHIstudent Handbook

• Wellness Information in the Waterbottle

• Identify free Apps• Health Exhibition