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How Can AWARENESS Affect the Health of Society?

By the year 2025, 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women will have cancer.

A collaboration between health organizations and students of 2 schools; HTHI from San Diego,

United States, and D.F. Mexico.

A meaningful and useful, informative production in two languages: English and Spanish.

I. Project Overview The Center for Disease Control will charge high

school students with a health issue affecting the

general community. Students acting as

consultants will team up with peers from

Mexico and produce a set of recommendations

in both languages English and Spanish.

Participants will be the 11th

-grade students

from Spanish Class.

Learning Goals

o Become aware of major health issues

affecting humanity

o Identify practical and helpful healthy habits

for youth and adults

o Identify inequities in informational

resources for Spanish speakers

o Develop understanding of other culture

o Develop empathy for patients

o Learn basic health Spanish/English terms

o Conversational Spanish within the context

of health

Deliverables

Students will present to the CDC their

recommendations in different formats.

o Informational health tools to be used by

adults and youth.

o These tools will help users to keep track of

their health and provide lists of existing

resources in both English and Spanish

o Products may include:

• Wellness Journal

• Wellness Insert for the Student

Handbook

• Water Bottle informational decal

• Health App

• PSA

Process

The two schools will launch the problem

simultaneously, collaborate and will maintain

communication on a regular basis via Google

hangouts. Below is the high-level process that

will be followed.

Meeting the Problem – San Diego

Meeting the Problem -Mexico

Developing know/need to Know Chart

Gathering Information

Sharing Information

Defining the Problem

Generating Solutions

Fitting Solution to Problem

Exhibition

Debriefing

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Experts Consultancy

Students from both schools will talk to experts

and living resources during the development of

the project. Continuous conversations will take

place with the members of the CDC.

• Center for Disease Control

• Community Health Organizations

• Hospitals, Medical Centers

• HTH Athletic Coordinator

• Cancer survivor patients

• Family and Friends

Timeline

January Planning sessions with CDC,

school in Mexico, local

experts

February • Team building activity

• Launch Project

• Meet students from

collaborative school in

Mexico

• Meet local experts

• Develop plan

March

April

• Develop surveys

• Ongoing meetings with

experts and partners in

Mexico

• Collect data

• Survey family, friends

• Collect data

• Tabulate qualitative and

quantitative data

May • Prepare final products

• Prepare exhibition

• Present recommendations

to CDC, other health

organizations and family

• Debrief and reflection

Collaborative Team

As a project to be developed with another

school from another country, it is critical to have

a well-developed plan and a team that

collaborates with students.

• Teachers from Spanish, Art and Science

• Athletic Coach

• Dean

• Corresponding team of the school in

Mexico

Students will be grouped by their interest of

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II. Products and Prototype

The following would be products and corresponding prototypes.

1. Bilingual 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. PSA – Public Service Announcement

6. Health Exhibition

1. Bilingual Wellness Journal

The journal will be created for the use of the parents.

It will allow users to log basic health information such as:

• Vaccination Chart broken by age group

• Log notes when going to the doctor

• Resources such as clinics, pharmacies, etc.

• Recipes

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2. Wellness insert in the HTHI student Handbook

This insert will provide students with health information, here are some examples:

• How to read labels

• Food facts

• Exercise facts

• Apps

• Links to Websites

• Others

3. Wellness/Health Information in Water bottle

Water bottles will have decals with health information

such as:

• Properties of water and reasons why it is important to

drink water daily

• How to read nutritional labels

• Sites for health resources

• Others

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4. Identify Existing app in English and Spanish

Students will identify existing health-related apps in Spanish and English.

They will learn how to use it and prepare a brief summary in English and Spanish.

5. PSA – Public Service Announcement or Infographics or Campaign

A short bilingual PSA’s or infographics might be created with Health related information. These

informational pieces may be presented to medical centers, clinics and doctors’ offices.