School Health Study Tour in Laos, Summer 2023

Reporting day: 2023/10 /6 (Year)(Month)(Day)
Reporter: Rie Takeuchi

The school health study tour in Laos was held from September 6 to September 22, 2023.
Two students from Shinshu University participated in this tour and conducted health checkup activities (height and weight measurement, vision and hearing tests) at elementary and junior high schools in Savannakhet, southern Laos, together with faculty members of the Faculty of Education, the National University of Laos and Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) members working in the country.
 
In Savannakhet, we first trained the students of the Savannakhet Teacher Training College, who would be working with us, on the significance of health checkups and actual measurement methods, and then conducted health checkup activities at elementary and junior high schools.

Explanation of vision and hearing tests to elementary school students undergoing health checkups
Measuring height using the pillars in the classroom
Measuring eyesight in the hallway outside because it is brighter outside
Hearing test, raising the hand that he/she hears
With teachers after the health checkup activity
Interviewing the principal about the health checkup

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