Health+&+Hygiene

//This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about health & hygiene in Spanish.//toc


 * //See also: Food, Safety, Women//**

=Asthma=

[|Un fantasma con asma] media type="custom" key="27419498"

[|Un fantasma con asma (video)] - Cute, culturally authentic, rhyming book on the topic by Carmen Gil media type="youtube" key="4Y7at-V8OCQ" width="560" height="315"

=Body Image=

- Infographic

- Infographic

[|Shakira - Entrevista Adela Micha Abril 2011] media type="youtube" key="Mh1gozBaUMw?rel=0" height="315" width="560"

= **Curanderas** =

- Beautiful short story in Spanish about a girl who asks to be "cured" of her heartbreak, and in so doing, becomes empty

**Depression** - Great infographic with very good information

= **Dental Care** =

media type="youtube" key="h6u63kwYnTU?rel=0" height="349" width="425" - Video, narrated by a native speaker in Spanish, explains how to floss your teeth correctly

= **Health Care** = = = - Page describing fines imposed for people who don't have health care

[|La bendición de Obamacare con Cristina Saralegui] - 30-second ad targeted at Spanish-speakers in California media type="youtube" key="AHk6yQ1FAEc" width="560" height="315"



Derecho a la salud media type="youtube" key="MMywRq_viJ0?rel=0" height="315" width="560" - Very moving, animated video about the lack of access to health care in Spanish







= **Heart Disease** = = = [|Go Red por tu Corazón] - :34 PSA by Miss Universe in Spanish media type="youtube" key="rq0b-z2uQmk" width="560" height="315"

= **Illness** =

media type="youtube" key="Myq5ZY01f18?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - News interview in Spanish with a doctor about what a doctor visit for the flu will entail

media type="youtube" key="EkMgE3YopK4?rel=0" height="315" width="420" Tuberculosis is a real issue in some parts of Latin America. This song was part of a Vivamos Sin Tuberculosis campaign. It discusses symptoms and treatment of tuberculosis but sounds like a real song (not just a jingle). The lyrics can be found on the original Youtube page.

[|A mi burro]

media type="youtube" key="QmG-5acNZUk?rel=0" height="349" width="425" media type="youtube" key="ycMW1L6iU6I?rel=0" height="349" width="425" ( [|Claymation from Bolivia] )media type="youtube" key="f703TF_e-gU?rel=0" height="349" width="425" media type="youtube" key="TKTEzyduUXA?rel=0" height="349" width="425" ( [|Rap version w/ actions - from Spain] )

Sana, sana

media type="youtube" key="suYCln8ioCs" height="345" width="420" - Father says it to a small toddler child (girl) media type="youtube" key="yCBu4t9ueHw" height="345" width="420" - Pharmacy advertisement

media type="youtube" key="QAuu80X8njA" height="345" width="420" - Small child says it to pregnant mother (mom & grandmother talk too)

media type="youtube" key="E5U1X_t99yY" height="345" width="560" - Toddler recites an alternate version of the rhyme (Sana, pupa, sana) media type="youtube" key="9gD_WZk-wJw" height="345" width="420" - Venezuelan version (Payasitas)

=Mental Health=

- Infographic

=Nutrition=

- Infographic

[|El agua embotellada] - A listening exercise based on a 2-minute and 30 second Telediario TVE report on the topic

[|Camión rojo de Coca Cola México] media type="youtube" key="HGD8jK2GgGk" width="560" height="315"



- Outlines key nutrients in different fruits

=Obesity=

[|La obesidad y comida chatarra]

=Stress= - Blog post in Spanish about adolescent stress

[|El estrés y el insomnio dos males propios de esta vida moderna] - Holistic doctor Hector Roa discusses common symptoms of stress and how to avoid them (in Spanish) in this 3:02 minute video media type="custom" key="9737574"

= Vaccinations =

- Article contains an interesting image drawn from Picasso's Guernica that is used as part of a public service announcement for vaccinations





[|Las vacunaciones] - A listening exercise based on a 1-minute and 37 second Telediario TVE report on the topic

[|Las vacunas: Qué son y cómo funcionan] - Excellent video in Spanish in which a doctor explains how vaccines work media type="youtube" key="Ciuw5WaXq_8" width="560" height="315"

[|Sobre el sarampión] - An infographic in Spanish on the topic

- Links to a slideshow and video on the topic from Univisión

- Not culturally authentic (comes from the CDC), but a very nice chart/infographic in Spanish on the topic



**How-to Articles & Videos**

- Fabulous site in Spanish that contains both how-to videos and well-scaffolded how-to print articles illustrated with photos for accomplishing a variety of tasks on a variety of topics, including body, cars, education, environment, fashion, food, games and hobbies, health, home and garden, languages, law, music and dance, parties, personal finance, parenting, pets, relationships, shopping, sports, technology, travel, and work

See also: Crime, Food, Pastimes, Recreation, Safety, Sports, Substance Abuse