Videos
Natural Born Leaders
Video
Funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse A tr aining videotape and accompanying manual designed to help health-education or youth workers learn to recruit and train peer leaders in adolescent health-promotion and prevention programs. The program incorporates documentary segments, dramatic vignettes and graphics. Watch a Quicktime Preview:
56K 100K 300K Awards: - National Education Media Competition (Silver Apple)
Ordering information:
Distributor: Human Relations Media
Phone: 800.431.2050
Roxy to the Rescue
Video
Funded by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute An entertaining and educational 20-minute animated video program for inner-city children with asthma. The program presents preventative asthma-control measures and teaches asthma-management techniques. Watch a Quicktime Preview:
56K 100K 300K Awards: - Cine Golden Eagle
- Telly Award (Finalist)
- 1995 International Monitor Awards (Finalist in 3 categories: Best Director, Best Electronic Special Effects and Best Achievement)
- National Education Media Competition
- Health Sciences Communications Award (Award of Merit for Excellence)
Ordering information:
Distributor: Milner-Fenwick, Inc.
Phone: 800.432.8433
The Best Defense: Giving Penicillin to Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Video
Funded by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute A documentary-style 20-minute video that teaches parents of children with sickle cell disease how to give penicillin to prevent life-threatening bacterial infections. Watch a Quicktime Preview:
56K 100K 300K Awards: Ordering information:
Distributor: NERI
Phone: 800.775.6374
E-mail: media@neriscience.com Distributor: Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
Phone: 800.421.8453
Understanding Antibiotics: A Parent's Guide
Video, Brochure
Funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Encouraging parents to take a hard look at their children's antibiotic use, this 16-minute documentary video is a must-see for all parents of children 6 months to 3 years old. The program examines when antibiotics are appropriate, using state-of-the-art medical illustration and interviews shot in clinical settings with parents and pediatricians. Accompanied by a colorful brochure. Ordering information:
Distributor: Pyramid Media
Phone: 800.421.2304
Web site: www.pyramidmedia.com
CD-ROMs
The Zone: An HIV Prevention CD-ROM for High School Students
CD-ROM, Teacher's Manual
Funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases This  two-hour CD-ROM is appropriate for high school use. The program aims to help adolescents prevent transmission of HIV by helping them avoid unprotected sexual intercourse either through the use of condoms by those who are sexually active or the delay of sexual intercourse among those who are not sexually active. Combines interactive video role-plays, cutting-edge animation and games, photographs and audio, text articles, music and class discussion and homework assignments. Accompanied by a teacher's manual. Awards: - 2000 Technology Games/Partnership for Networked Consumer Health Information (Cool for Teens Award)
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Distributor: NERI
Phone: 800.775.6374
E-mail: media@neriscience.com
Where is Matt?
A CD-ROM on Alcohol Prevention for Middle School Students
CD-ROM, Teacher's Manual
Funded by National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse Thi s one-and-a-half hour CD-ROM is appropriate for students in grades 6 through 8. The goal of the program is to help young adolescents adopt alcohol-prevention strategies by helping them avoid risky situations and by teaching them coping skills for different types of social pressure (indirect, direct, insistent). Based on the successfully evaluated school curriculum Amazing Alternatives, this multimedia program combines interactive video role-plays, cutting-edge animation and games, photographs and audio, text articles, music and class discussion and homework assignments. Accompanied by a teacher's manual. View a screenshot Ordering information:
Distributor: NERI
Phone: 800.775.6374
E-mail: media@neriscience.com
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