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Abstract

[Extract] My personal foray into health education began as a trainee with the United States Peace Corps in 1966. During a two-week field exercise with the Centro de Salud (Health Department) in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, a fellow trainee and I produced and performed a puppet show in Spanish for five- and six-year-old children who were about to receive mandatory immunizations as a prerequisite for attending school. The show's message contained simple information about what the "shots" were for, that the procedure would be brief, and that their pain would be comparable to that of a mosquito bite or less. The children were enthralled with the puppets. They really paid attention and laughed heartily at our silly, honest humor. The public health nurses were delighted. They had never before experienced children who cried significantly less during the immunization process, which was also much more efficient in terms of time and orderliness. We trainees were pumped!

Item ID:	19136
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Non-Research)
ISBN:	978-0-19-974448-0
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2012 01:22
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111712 Health Promotion @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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