selections of educational materials by may haddad (1985-2011)
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Introduction
Dr Haddad has been the key person to conceptualize, develop, author, design pretest and finalize the production of dozens of user friendly educational materials and resources. Additionally, she has been engaged in the development of dissemination and utilization plans of hundred thousands of publications.
The educational materials have been integrated into relief packages, used in awareness and active learning programs, used interactively in games and festivities, triggered the production of other materials, disseminated as take home messages etc.
Thematic areas of the materials
Primary Health Care themes
Reproductive Health Care
Community Youth Development
Children’s rights
Earth is my passion (environmental health)
Women’s Health Violence against women and children
Newborn care
Breastfeeding IYCFP
Child Survival and development
Safe Motherhood (prenatal, delivery and postnatal care)
Smart Use of Medicines
Nutrition
Iron Deficiency Anemia
No Junk Oral rehydration treatment
Sexuality and sexual health
Powerful World (No cigareetes,
No Houka)
HIV/AIDS OTHER
It is to note that several have been printed/ reprinted in big quantities: 45,000 copies and 15,000 copies of the Arabic adaptation of “Where There Is No Doctor” and “Where Women Have No Doctor” were printed/re-printed; 1,258,500 pieces of the Creative Health Campaign’s 34 sets of materials were printed/reprinted and widely distributed
Publishers/sponsors:
ANERA, Arab Research Institute, Arab Resource Collective ARC, Arab Center for Popular Arts/Al-Jana, the Maram Project for Healthy Palestinian Families, MAP-UK, Save the Children, UNICEF regional office, UNRWA-Lebanon
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Among the co-authors:
Albert Abi Azar, Anne Roberts, Dr Alia El-Mohandes, Ghanem Bibi, Dr Ghassan Issa, Heba Qedwa, Inaam Abu Shmaleh, Dr Malek Qutteina, Moataz Dajani, Mohamed Hajjar, Dr Mohamed El-Mensi, Pharmacist Nadia Dalloul, Najwa Rizkalla, Nawal Najjar, Yara Qutteina, Youssef Hajjar etc.
Dozens of other activists, animators, educators, experts, academicians, health and social workers have been involved as well (names mentioned on each material). Hundreds of community members have been involved in the process of pretesting and development.
Visual arts:
Adnan El-Sharif, Amy Trabka, George Khouri (Jad), Jamil El-Qeq, Mohamed El-Rawas, Omar Harcous, Paul Mattar, Penny Williams, Saad Hajo, Sahar Burhan, Sharhabeel Ahmad, Tala Tabara etc.
Musicians and Scenario/play writers:
Ahmad Abu Saloum, George Ibrahim, Paul Mattar, Said Murad, Sameh Hijazi, Sharhabeel Ahmad etc.
The following pages display selections from the materials. Included are those of the Creative Health Campaigns in Lebanon (p 3-10), the Maram Project in Palestine (p. 11-14), UNICEF regional office (p. 15-18) and resource books (19-23)
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The Creative Health Campaigns- Lebanon
Sponsored by ANERA, MAP UK, UNRWA, ARCPA, Amel, Women Humanitarian Organization, Najdeh etc. - All are in Arabic
Bye Bye Anemia Booklet (32 pages)
By Bye Anemia card-board game
By By Anemia Snake and Ladder
cardboard game
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Child Appeal cards - Breastfeeding
(12 cards in an envelope)
The Code for Marketing Breast Milk
Substitutes in Cartoons -booklet
Mothers Golden Medal cut-out
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Yumie Numie
accordion booklets- IYCFP (2)
Tenderness Care and Love folded newsletter -IYCFP
(8 pages)
Healthy nutrition origami and poster
Oral Rehydration Solution
(booklet and poster)
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Smart Use of Medicine:
Zaka wa Dawa box with 20 educational flyers (antibiotics, injections, oral steroids, antidepressants, medicines
for women, medicines for children, medicines for elderly, etc.)
Zaka wa Dawa Calendar
Zaka wa Dawa posters (3 posters)
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No smoking circular
Tala, Karim, Sara and Shadi materials (posters, stickers, cardboard game and maze)
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MCH Materials developed by the Maram Project and partners-Palestine
Mother Hold Me:
Manual and audio-cassette
Where Women Have No Doctor-
Booklet guide
Safe birth during emergencies (booklet and audio-cassette)
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Best Practices in Breastfeeding
Adventures of Khadra (play, songs, video and snake and ladder game)
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Materials sponsored by UNICEF regional office
Diarrheal management manual (50 pages) + 55 slides
Child immunization manual (50 pages) + 50 slides
Diarrheal management manual
(58 pages) + 48 slides
5 Posters: breastfeeding,
infant feeding, growth monitoring, oral rehydration management
and immunization
Growth monitoring chart
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The Mother of Wells (4 children stories and
4 audio-cassettes with songs)
Farah Snake and Ladder game
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Farah domino (28 pieces with instructions and evaluation form)
Farah Cards game (28 cards with instructions and evaluation form)
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An Ounce of Protection illustrated stories-each is 6 images (themes: breastfeeding
and media, diarrhea and medicines misuse)
An ounce of Protection-Adult education materials (set of 20 texts in a folder and
trainer’s guide)
Calendars (2) and several images
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Resource books developed by Dr May Haddad
Helping Health Workers Learn- Arabic edition (Published by Arab
Research Institute)
Where There Is No Doctor- Arabic edition- 486 pages
(Published by Arab Resource Collective)
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The Murshidat Health Workers in the Arab World-Arabic- 594 pages (Published by Arab Resource Collective)
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Our Country Why Did You Leave Us- action kit (book, stories, testimonies, video and audio-cassette)- Arabic (Published by
Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts)
Photo-voices of Palestinian Refugee Children-Arabic –English 145 pages
(Published by Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts)
Translated into German, Italian and Spanish
Received Voices of Courage Award, NYC
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Contributed to the contents/developments of:
ARC’s "Children Rights Resource Manual", “Child-To-Child”;
Boston Women’s Health Book’s "Our Bodies Ourselves";
People’s Health Movement’s "Global Health Watch-2",
the Hesperian Health Guides’ “Taking Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment: A Resource for Community-Based Activists"
Several manuals in Community Youth Development,
Active Learning and Creative Arts;
Several handouts and flyers;
Etc.