I have wondered why many scientists, nurses and medical doctors do not use clinical (nursing and medical) colour pictures to teach or share experiences with the community members in this modern era of "Seeing is believing!"
"AIDucation 20-10" is frankly the use of medical illustrations or colour pictures (Hospital library) for nurses and doctors; abused for the local village folks, schools, churches, mosques and workplaces to raise awareness.
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Thank-you for your very honest answer. With all due respect, I believe that the consultants from the West have played a role in delaying the use of colour pictures in community health promotion in Africa. For years they believed and shoved it down our throats that, "Shock tactics do not work...research is against use of graphics etc!"
Our Africa(n) leaders(hip) believed the consultants. I was even cautioned on two occasions to stop picturing AIDS (AIDucation 20-10). I never listened. The rest is history.
I'm not sure that my response from a for-profit institution perspective is relevant to the situation that you are inquiring about, but many times the issue is also associated with cost. It is much more expensive to produce literature in color than black and white.
Thank-you Clare.
It is true that colour pictures are expensive to produce.
There are several organisations that offer relatively cheap colour slides of Public Health issues such as sexually transmitted infections, TB and AIDS. Some even give them for FREE! The one that comes to mind straight away is Teaching aids At Low Costs (TALC), St Albans, United Kingdom. TALC was set up by the late Prof David Morley. May his soul rest in peace. The resources are subsidised for the developing countries. I have used them since 1989 and have ALWAYS referred colleagues to TALC.
24 Clinical colour slides on sexually transmitted infections; 24 Clinical colour slides on clinical manifestations of AIDS; 24 colour slides on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV infections and 24 colour slides on basic transmission and prevention of HIV infections will cost you about £20 - £25, if I am not mistaken. When I bought my sets almost 2 decades ago they were selling for £3-£4 per set of 24 colour slides.
"A picture is worth a thousand words!"
Get in touch with the TALC Team for a catalogue at: [email protected]
More than welcome Clare. It is all about shared experiences and sharing resources. Good luck!
I believe that for a very long time scientific accuracy of the images was the main point. With the true colors, and lines. However today, with all changes in how we communicate science, this is slowly changing. In baby steps, people are using more visual tools to show certain scientific information. And the appearance of online software that allows the creation of scientific illustrations in a more visually appealing way has also been a huge influence.
I don't know if you're looking for a tool that does that, but I recommend you the online software named Mind the Graph. Check their website. Hope this helps!
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