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FDA Free Publications: Use Medicines Wisely

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Main Website:
https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/FreePublications/default.htm
Activity Website:
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/women/use-medicines-wisely

Activity Description

When teaching about medicine use, use the Web site's video, text, and free downloadable publications for students to practice reading and listening.

Preparation

  • Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school before using it with students. The video is from YouTube, so it may be blocked.
  • Watch the video and read the text. (The video has captions if you watch it at the YouTube site, which you can do by selecting the YouTube logo under the video.)
  • Identify vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to your students to teach them before the activity.
  • Create questions for students to answer to focus their listening and reading. Photocopy or print if necessary.

How-To

  1. Ask/brainstorm with students about medicine safety.
  2. What are some dos and don'ts.
  3. You can also open the lesson activity with an anecdote.
  4. Go to the Web site shown above under Web Site Example.
  5. Distribute the text and questions you have printed and photocopied for students.
  6. Tell students that they are going to watch a video and read about medicine safety.

Teacher Tips

  • The Safe Medication Use [www] page contains many other resources including Current Drug Safety Communications in English and Spanish.
  • At the main site, U.S. Food & Drug, if you scroll down you will find information of Food, Drugs, Medical Devices, Radiation-Emitting Products, Vaccines, Blood and Biologics, Animal and Veterinary, cosmetics and Tobacco Products
  • There are featured topics to explore as well.

More Ways

The FDA Office of Women’s Health (OWH) has developed over 50 FREE publications designed to give women timely health information in a clear, easy-to-read format. There are over 40 fact sheets that provide basic information-at-a-glance about a range of health issues like diabetes, heart disease, cosmetics, menopause, mammography, asthma, and safe medication use. There are also seven medication booklets that list all FDA-approved products for several common health conditions affecting women. The booklets give vital information such as brand and generic names, general side effects and warnings, and questions to ask your health care provider.

To find the printable materials, go to the Free Publications for Women page and select the link under View or Download Publications - English Publications [www]. You can also order free bulk copies of many of the fact sheets.

You can also assign students in groups/pairs to choose a reading, conduct research and report back to class in oral/written presentations.

Program Areas

  • ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

  • High

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