A B次元官网网址渇riendly rivalryB次元官网网址� at a Surrey elementary school has resulted in more than 3,000 vaccines being donated to UNICEF Canada for children around the world
Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) is a Canadian health platform designed to raise literacy about immunization in schools. The program, according to , is B次元官网网址渄esigned to align with provincial curriculums in science and social studies around various tops related to immunization and global health.B次元官网网址�
KBI was launched in April of 2018. Kids Boost Immunity was piloted in B.C. with funding from the B.C. Ministry of Health before receiving additional funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to expand in schools across the country for the 2018/2019 school year.
The programB次元官网网址檚 website includes lesson plans that are each paired with an online quiz.
Ian Roe, national manager of Kids Boost Immunity, said children can earn one vaccine per quiz, but thereB次元官网网址檚 a catch.
B次元官网网址淵ou have to get 80 per cent. ThereB次元官网网址檚 an incentive there for the kid B次元官网网址� if they donB次元官网网址檛 get 80 per cent B次元官网网址� to go back and do it again, but they have to do all the questions again,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淎 lot of kids do that because they want to get the vaccine.B次元官网网址�
Students at Senator Reid Elementary in north Surrey have been working on the lesson plans and quizzes through Kids Boost Immunity since the beginning of the school year.
To date, 127 students in Grades 5 to 7 have answered more than 50,000 questions and earned 3,144 vaccines for children.
Grade 6/7 teacher Chris Patey said his class began using the program and then challenged four other classes, including Tanis FiliatraultB次元官网网址檚 Grade 6/7 class.
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Then he challenged a Grade 5 class.
B次元官网网址淭hey ended up taking first place away from all of us. They came in out of nowhere,B次元官网网址� he said.
Patey said the program is planned specifically around Grade 6 immunizations.
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B次元官网网址淲e usually have to deal with this every year, and theyB次元官网网址檙e always so afraid. WeB次元官网网址檙e trying to take the stigma away from getting a nasty needle or big shots by bringing in some of the challenges that kids from other countries and adults from other countries have to face,B次元官网网址� Patey said.
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Filiatrault said that once the students learned vaccines would be donated, they were B次元官网网址渟uper excited.B次元官网网址�
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Being a B次元官网网址減redominately South Asian neighbourhood,B次元官网网址� Patey said, the teachers are B次元官网网址渞eally aware of the fact that a lot of these kids and their families have come from situations in India, Pakistan and a lot of the Middle Eastern countries that donB次元官网网址檛 have the same kind of access to health care.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚t really brings it home to them saying, B次元官网网址楳y cousins donB次元官网网址檛 have this. My cousins canB次元官网网址檛 get this because they live out in the village and doctors come to them once every month and then thereB次元官网网址檚 a lineup 1,000 people deep,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� he said.
Filiatrault said that through KBI, students and teachers learned B次元官网网址�1.5 million children die every year due to preventable disease.B次元官网网址� She said that because the programB次元官网网址檚 resources provide evidence-based knowledge, B次元官网网址測ou know you can trust the information.B次元官网网址�
KBIB次元官网网址檚 website says that B次元官网网址渁lthough immunization is widely heralded as a miracle of modern medicine, the spread of misinformation online has resulted in some parents choosing to skip certain vaccines or avoid immunizations altogether.B次元官网网址� As a result, the program was developed B次元官网网址渁s part of a larger effort to find new ways to counter misinformation on the internet.B次元官网网址�
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Roe said the program was B次元官网网址渟ort of riffed off of the craze for quizzes.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淲ith so many of them online now of every strip imaginable (such as) B次元官网网址榃hich Game of Thrones Character Are You? Take the quiz.B次元官网网址� This is sort of learning for good, in a sense.B次元官网网址�
A map on KBIB次元官网网址檚 website shows eight schools in the Surrey school district are currently taking part in the program.
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