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Monday, July 13, 2009
Awareness of Parkinson's Disease in the school 2
Following up with the first phase of our project, we wanted to find out about the level of awareness that the school community had of Parkinson's disease and produce a video to debunk all their misconceptions. Our idea was to do an interview with teachers and students to test their knowledge about Parkinson's, and the questions include "Which age group does Parkinson's Disease affect?" "Is Parkinson's Disease treatable" and "Name some symptoms of a person suffering from Parkinson's Disease".
Most of them thought that Parkinson's Disease is an old-age disease and so would not affect them, but they are terribly wrong. Parkinson's Disease can be contracted by people of all age-groups, so knowledge of this disease and where to seek assistance should be made known to everyone.
From the interview, we found out that biology teachers are generally more knowledgeable about the topic as it is their field of expert, but students that do not know of anyone that suffers from the disease actually have very limited knowledge about it.
The making of this video is very meaningful as hearing the responses from our schoolmates that used to be also what I thought really made me realised how much I have learnt about the disease since I embarked on this project. The misconceptions that people have about Parkinson's Disease made me see the importance of equipping everyone with the basic knowledge about the disease, so that they will be able to empathise with Parkinson's Disease patients and also know how they can help them.
None of our interviewees managed to name the organisation in Singapore that helps Parkinson's Disease patients, which highlights one of our main objective in promoting the Parkinson's Disease Society of Singapore to the public. The video is only the first step of our project to debunk misconceptions about Parkinson's Disease. We will continue to provide more information about the disease, activities organised and also updates of the society, so do check back often.
Vernon
Following up with the first phase of our project, we wanted to find out about the level of awareness that the school community had of Parkinson's disease and produce a video to debunk all their misconceptions. Our idea was to do an interview with teachers and students to test their knowledge about Parkinson's, and the questions include "Which age group does Parkinson's Disease affect?" "Is Parkinson's Disease treatable" and "Name some symptoms of a person suffering from Parkinson's Disease".
Most of them thought that Parkinson's Disease is an old-age disease and so would not affect them, but they are terribly wrong. Parkinson's Disease can be contracted by people of all age-groups, so knowledge of this disease and where to seek assistance should be made known to everyone.
From the interview, we found out that biology teachers are generally more knowledgeable about the topic as it is their field of expert, but students that do not know of anyone that suffers from the disease actually have very limited knowledge about it.
The making of this video is very meaningful as hearing the responses from our schoolmates that used to be also what I thought really made me realised how much I have learnt about the disease since I embarked on this project. The misconceptions that people have about Parkinson's Disease made me see the importance of equipping everyone with the basic knowledge about the disease, so that they will be able to empathise with Parkinson's Disease patients and also know how they can help them.
None of our interviewees managed to name the organisation in Singapore that helps Parkinson's Disease patients, which highlights one of our main objective in promoting the Parkinson's Disease Society of Singapore to the public. The video is only the first step of our project to debunk misconceptions about Parkinson's Disease. We will continue to provide more information about the disease, activities organised and also updates of the society, so do check back often.
Vernon