'Clean Faces, Strong Eyes’ Milpa the Goanna Ink Stamp
Children's Chatterbox
“Jabby and Friends” DVD
Trachoma Story Kit- Items for Download
Flipcharts
Trachoma is Everyone's Business - Clinic Flipchart is for Aboriginal Health Workers, nurses, doctors and other clinic staff. It can be used in two ways; as a source of trachoma information and training in trachoma control activities for staff, and as an education tool to talk about trachoma with patients. This flipchart has current key information about screening and treatment for trachoma and trichiasis, CDNA treatment guidelines and an azithromycin weight and height dosage chart.
Trachoma is Everyone's Business - School Flipchart presents a simple overview of trachoma for children in years 4-6 in primary school. It covers 'What is trachoma?', 'How do you get it?', 'Where is it found?' and 'What can be done to prevent trachoma?' This Flipchart is designed to be used along with the Teacher Handbook, Student Activity Book and the Jabby and friends DVD. There are also discussion questions for secondary school students.
Trachoma is Everyone's Business - Community Flipchart is for anyone who lives and/or works in a remote Aboriginal community and wants to know more about trachoma and how to prevent it. Many people may wish to take a role in trachoma prevention including; Elders, Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers, Aboriginal Community Workers, mums and bubs programs, environmental health workers, child care centre staff, sports and recreation officers, aged care facility staff and all other people who want to know about trachoma. This Flipchart will assist communities understand the basics of trachoma and how to eliminate it, covering; 'What is Trachoma?', 'How do you get it?', 'Where is it found?' and 'What can be done by individuals and communities to prevent trachoma?' The importance of screening for trichiasis and its treatment is discussed.
School Resources
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The Trachoma Health Education for Primary School Children - Teacher Book and Lesson Plans and accompanying Student Workbook are resources developed for teachers in primary schools across the Northern Territory where trachoma remains a health issue. This Northern Territory Curriculum Framework is the basis of this health education program that will engage and educate primary school children about the importance of face washing and good personal hygiene for preventing trachoma and improving health and wellbeing. The six step-by-step lesson plans are highly interactive, and teach students how to assess their own health and take action for healthy living. Students discover many ways to protect themselves against trachoma and how to prevent its spread.
The Trachoma Health Education for Primary School Children - Student Workbook is used in Lesson One, Two, Three and Four, and additional resources when required are listed under each lesson. Students discover what they can use their eyes for, what is trachoma and how to how to protect themselves from it, who can help them to stay healthy and well, and self care skills to protect their eyes in their own familiar environment. The take home message is one of improving health and hygiene and that "Clean Faces = Strong Eyes". The Teacher Book and Lessons Plans and the Student Workbooks were developed by the Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health and Families Northern Territory, as part of a joint initiative between the centre for Disease Control, the Indigenous Eye Health Unit at the University of Melbourne and the Katherine West Health Board.
