World Health Pathfinder

WJHS Media Center Pathfinder for Health

World Health Project

Information
Seeking
Strategies

Location
and
Access

Evaluation

1. Task Definition

HIV-AIDS is a pandemic disease and the dilema of treating this or a similar disease is overwhelming. The purpose of this project is to research possible solutions and potential obstacles associated with eradicating or curing this or a similar deadly disease.

Assume a country like the United States has medicnes and treatments for HIV-AIDS or a similar deadly disease and will send these medicines or treatments free of charge to a less developed or under developed country.

Your task is to: Devise and illustrate a plan to get these medications and treatments to the affected people.

1. Choose a less developed or under developed country. suggested countries may be inAfrica, Central or South America, Eastern Europe, Russia, or Southeast Asia. Type a brief report on this background information and the current conditions of that country. Be sure to include most or all of the following:

Politcal climate/ stability
Life expectancy
Health care system
Transportation system
Cultural issues - including religious, sexual or class discrimination
Average income level
communication system - including common languages
Medical resources (inc. Persons needed once medicnies get to the country - i.e. people to administer)
Religious considerations
Education

Considering your answers to question #1, how could the medicines/treatment logically and realistically get to the affected individuals?

As a group, devise a plan or strategy.

Summarize this plan.
AND
Create a visual to illustrate your plan.
Examples: graphic organizer, Venn diagram, WEB diagram, etc.

Be prepared to present your visual to the class.

3.	What are possible obstacles or deterrents to your plan? Explain? / Why?

4.	As an individual, how successful do you think your plan will be? Explain your response.

2. Information Seeking Strategies

and the Walter Johnson Media Center. The links from the Learning Research Hub below provide access to useful internet research tools for this project.

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3. Location and Access

Some suggested books from the WJ Media Center:

305.8 LEV Ethnic Groups Worldwide, Levinson, David. Oryx Press, 1998.

R310 STA Statistical Abstract of the World. Reddy, Marlita. Gale Research, 1996.

317.3 NEW New York Times 2000 Almanac, Penguin Reference, 1999.

317.3 TIM The Time Almanac. Information Please, 2000.

317.3 WOR World Almanac and book of facts. World Almanac, 1992.

910 COU Countries of the World and their leaders yearbook, 2001

960 CUL Cultural Atlas of Africa

Some suggested internet sites:

World Health Organization

World Statistics

World Stats

Global Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau International Database

Atlapedia (Countries of the World)

Country Studies

Periodicals:

Newsweek
Time
US News & World Report

4. Evaluation
Grading Rubric for:

	Possible Points
1. Research Information (#1)	40
2. Plan (#2)
a. Summary (Names _____________________)	40
b. Visual (Names _____________________)	40
c. Presentation (Names _____________________)	20
3. Obstacles (#3 - Name ______________________)	20
Personal Opinion with explanation (#4)	20
TOTAL POINTS:	120

Finished assignment fulfills task.

Information found matches information needed?
How well did my paper turn out?
Did I revise with a critical eye?
Sources are credited.
Was I happy with my process of finding and using information?
Work is complete and includes name and date.
Work is handed in on time.
How would I do a similar project in the future?

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