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Literacy for Health Workers

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Developed by The Institute for Aboriginal Development Northern Territory Department of Health

Level two

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"LITERACY FOR HEALTH WORKERS"

Contents: notes: Leve 1 one /t'N /· hree.

Workpads: Level one/two.

Reading series: Readers written at varying levels.

Activity books/games etc. (See Resource leaflet) English Language for Health Workers.

This material is the result of many years of field testing and development on the part of the I.A.D. Health Worker Literacy Programme, sisters, health workers and doctors working with the Health Department (Southern Region) and members of the Urapuntja and C.A.A.C. Medical Services. The resource people developing this material need the advice and direction of workers in the field to keep them on the right track.

Send your comments and criticisms to Literacy Teacher

I.A.D. Health Worker Literacy Program

P.O. Box 2531,

ALIG.:e: SPRINGS. 5750.

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'raRRITORY HEALTH SERVICES

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Circle the words to use when talking about ears ana ear problems.

tap straighten infected

bulging water avriscope

oedema swab asprin

Put these sentences in order.

Putting Powder into the ear Blow the powder into the ear canal.

blood test book

hole

Put the end of the straw with the powder into the patients ear.

BFI syringe poison

Put your finger over the top of the straw and take the straw out of the BFI bottle.

Put the end of the straw into the BFI container.

Clean and dry the ear.

Pull the ear gently backwards and up.

Now write these steps in order in your exercise book.

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Choose the best answer.

Most ear sickness is in the

Pus in the ear is always

middle ear inner ear outer ear bad trouble

nothing to worry about If someone is always getting burst ear drums he or she

will go deaf

Write a book about ears.

will still have good hearing Somethina to do

Here are some things you could talk about.

Why do we need ears?

What do we do with them?

Are ears a problem in your community?

Why?

Why should we lool< after them? How can you teach people to look after ears?

Things to put in the book - Stories about kids and ears.

Pictures of people in your community.

Pictures and stories about people looking after ears.

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Name - - - - Date

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E ors Words to know

Here are some words to use when talking about caring for ears.

Talk about the word and choose a meaning from the box. Write the meaning next to the word . .our i scope

straighten

ear

canal mop

syringing ears soggy

Washing ears out with water.

To dry up wet areas.

Pull so there ore no curves or tends.

A small torch used to look in ears.

W~t and full of liquid.

The passage which goes to the. inner part of the ear.

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Name

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Examining tne eye

Tick the things you would do when examining an eye.

pull down the bottom lid - press on the eyeball - ask the person to blink - put a pad on the eye

Irrigating the eye

Tick the things you would use to irrigate the eye,

milk - a jug

- river water - a billy - tap water - a hose - soothing eye drops Put a circle around the medicines used for eye problems.

Mylanta Panadol

Maxolon Antistine-Privine

Soothing eye drops Coloxyl

Kenacomb Monacrin

Put a circle around the things you would use to clean the eye,

Cotton stick blanket pen corner of handkerchief cotton wool

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Some things to do Close your left eye. Hold this page away from you~ so that your right eye is looking at the cat.

You will be able to see the dog too. Now move the page slowly closer to your eye~ all the time looking at the cat. In one place you will not be able to see the dog. This is your blind spot.

Did you know

Your eyes are set in fluid to keep them moist.

Everytime you blink you are wiping your eyes clean. Tears come from little obenings in the corner of your eyes. These openings are joined to your nose. This is why you can sometimes clear a speck of dirt from your eye by giving your nose a hard blow.

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Another thing to do!

Looking at eyes

For one week take a quick look at all the eyes that come into the clinic.

That's a lot of eyes!

Look at the pupil. That's the black spot in the middle.

The next week look at the eyes and see how

big the pupil is. Then get the person to cover their eyes with their hands for 1 minute.

Look at the pupils again.

What happens?

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EYes Words to know

Here are some words to use when talking about caring for eyes.

·Talk about the word and choose a meaning from the box. Write the meaning next to the word.

look sideways lashes

blink ointment

Move the eyelids.

Smooth greasy cream.

Hairs on the edge of the eyelids.

Look to theiright or left.

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Words to remember

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Read the story nlittle Robert has diarrhoea.n Tell the story in your own words.

Ask your tutor to help you write it.

Here are some words you could use.

diarrhoea

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Name - - - - Date

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Diarrhoea and dehydration words to know

Here are some words to use when talking about diarrhoea and dehydration.

Talk about the word and choose a meaning from the box. Write the meaning next to the word.

dehydrated

vomit

Being up food which has been eaten.

Hollow or deep eyes.

f-1ake dry or 1 ose \AJOte r.

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1. Find the page on oral rehydration salts in the Health Worker book.

Look for these words and circle them.

Then write them down in your exercise book.

Wash Packet Stir Well mixed Small baby

2. Show your nurse or another Health Worker how you would do these words. They're called doing words because we can do them.

Wash Mix Stir Shake Puor Give

3. Put these words in order to make the oral rehydration salts.

Stir or shake 1.

Pour water into jug 2.

Mix well 3.

Pour powder 4.

Give to mother 5.

Pour into bottle ^6.

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Here are some words to use when talking about making oral rehydration salts.

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A container with marks to show how ~uch liquid you· have.

To be troubled by something,

Fluid in a measuring Jug fitted to the 1 litre mark.

A bottle washed and free of germs.

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Look in the Health Worker book at the pages on coughs.

Find these words in the book.

Put a circle around them.

cough sore throat rubbish sucked in

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listen wheeze

All of these words talk about different kinds of respiratory infection.

Find out exactly what they mean.

tonsilitis: Pneumonia:

flu: bronchitis:

cold: otitis media:

Learn to spell them.

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Read the story "Daisy can't walk."

Tell the story in your own words.

Date - - - -

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Words to know

Here are some words to use when talking about colds and chests in adults.

respirations

lozenges

Tablets or lollies to chew for a sore throat.

A single breath in and out.

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A mother comes into the clinic with a sick child. He is coughing.

What questions would you ask to get the history?

Fill in the missing words from the box.

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Nome - - - Date - - - - Read the story "Little Robert has a cough,"

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pulse pneumonia she examines him bicillin

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Name

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^Date - - - ¹³ Colds and chests in kids.

Words to know

Here are some words to use when talking about colds and chests in kids.

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Here are some words to use when talking about malnutrition.

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Here are some words to use when talking about lice.

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