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Hear Chronic Disease Educational Programs Below is a selection of Chronic Disease related educational programs we currently have playing on air on the Yolngu Radio Service. Simply hit the 'Play Audio' button to play any track in a popup window. These files are in MP3 audio format and should play in your default Media Player when you click the Play Audio button. |
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| Swine Flu 02 1 of 3 Scientific Name Scientific name for Swine Flu |
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| Swine Flu 02 2 of 3 How it started How Swine Flu started |
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| Swine Flu 02 3 of 3 How it started How Swine Flu Started |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 04 of 14 How does Rhematic Fever stops? How do we stop RF? One antibiotic called penicillin or LA Bicillin. This kills the bad germ Strep A. But if you get RF again and again you can get damage to your heart and get RHD. If you get RF once and get LA bilcillin once, how do you get it again? Anytime you get another skin sore or sore throat, Strep A can be living there. Even if they get penicillin once, if they get another sore, they can then get RF again. So don’t just accept ‘sores’ on our skin, get them treated and cover them up. This is part of a bigger story.6:10 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 05 of 14 Bicillin & penicillin injection Why do some kids get that injection called Bicillin or penicillin? To stop them getting RF again and again. The penicillin medicine is always in their body and kills any strep A so that our white blood cells won’t need to start a big fight. Don’t miss any injections because they could get RF again. Each time they get RF they can get more damage to their heart valves and end up with the other sickness RHD. The valves are important for moving our blood around the right way. 4:53 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 06 of 14 what happens when the valves are damaged? When the valves are damaged what happens? Inside our heart are four rooms and four doors. Our blood comes into our heart and through the doors. The doors keep the blood going one way only, the right way. When the doors get damaged, they can’t shut properly and some blood goes back the wrong way. This makes our heart work harder because some of our blood is going back the wrong way through the damaged door. Remember what causes the damage, the bad bacteria called Strep A, and where does strep A come from? Our sores. When we listen with the stethoscope we can hear the doors of our heart shutting: Dup Dup Dup Dup. We can hear the sound of the blood going back the wrong way through damaged doors: Dup shhh Dup shhh. Doors are called valves. 7:31 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 07 of 14 stopping the doors from getting more damaged How do we stop the doors from getting more damaged? The only way we know is having the injection every three or four weeks. This stops RF and then we won’t get RHD. Having the penicillin injection every month is the only way we can protect the valves. People who have had RF need the injection for many, many years and only the heart specialist can tell you when to stop having it. Get the injection every month so the strep A won’t go into your body. If you are not in your usual community and your injection is due, go to a health clinic anywhere and ask for your injection. Never miss your injection. 6:41 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 08 of 14 Why do some children have a heart operation in a big city? Why do some children have a heart operation in a big city? To put a new door in their heart. But even if they have this operation, they still need the injection to protect the other doors, remember there are four doors. Don’t think that if you have had the operation you are now back to normal. Even if you have the operation, you can be well and live long and do the things you want to do. Even our prime minister of Australia has had this operation. But you still need the penicillin injection to stop the Strep A bacteria from going into your body.5:21 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 09 of 14 When you have Rheumatic Heart Disease When you have RHD and your heart is weak, you will be continually getting the penicillin. But you will also most likely be having other medicines as well. These medicines will help your heart to work to send your blood to your body. We don’t want people to be getting RHD so that’s why it is important to get the penicillin injections. If you have RHD, don’t think that you are ok and the sickness has disappeared. Your valves are damaged and you need to have medicines to help your heart. The first sickness is RF and the second sickness, RHD, is a very serious one. They are two different sicknesses. Only the doctor can tell you when to stop your injections. 6:28 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 10 of 14 How do the valves actually get damaged? How do the valves actually get damaged? It’s a complex story. Remember the Strep A and the WBC’s? When we look at this Strep A through the microscope, we can see tiny dots or marks on their skin. Our white blood cells notice these marks and it tells them that the bacteria are Strep A. Some children have marks that look like this on their heart valves, like a birth mark. They don’t hurt the child, they are just born with them. When Strep A if found by the WBCs, they attack them. When the Strep A and the WBCs are fighting, the WBCs notice the marks on the valves. They think that the valves are more strep A and they attack them by mistake. When Strep A repeatedly goes into a childs body, the WBCs recognise the dots on the valves and make the mistake and attack the valves. There are three entities in this story: the bad bacteria Strep A, the White Blood cells who make a mistake and the heart valves. The dots on the valves are carried through family lines. 15:18 |
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Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 11 of 14 Where does strep A live? |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 12 of 14 How can I stop strep A? How can I stop Strep A from going into my body or going from person to person? There are many ways. Washing our skin regularly. And if we hug or touch a person with sores, then we can wash our hands to stop the strep A from sticking onto our hands. If we have any skin sores, treat with traditional or clinic medicine and cover it with a bandage. Then no one can touch the sore and get the strep A onto their hands. Even if the sores are small. Also treat scabies because scabies burrow in and make holes in our skin. Scabies make us itchy and we also make holes in our skin when we scratch. And then Strep A can enter through the holes. 8:44 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 13 of 14 Rheumatic Heart Disease Register In the NT doctors have made a list of all the people who have either of these two sicknesses RF or RHD so they don’t forget anyone’s injection and look after them well. This is called the Rheumatic Heart Disease Register and you can have your name on this list if you agree. In countries where there is a list there is less RHD because children don’t get forgotten when they have these diseases. When your name is on the list this helps to stop RHD. And when you are travelling and your injection is due, tell the clinic or hospital there so you can get your injection. 6:30 |
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| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease 14 of 14 Strep A When we go to the dentist for teeth problems he asks lots and lots of questions. Why? When we have a sore tooth or an abscess in our gums this is caused by different bacteria, not Strep A. Sometimes those bacteria can go into our blood and on to our heart. And if we have damage to our valves from RF then the different bacteria can do more damage to our valves. So the dentist asks us about RF and RHD to find out if we have had these diseases. If we have, then he can give us different antibiotic medicine to kill the bacteria in our teeth or plaque before he gives us an injection to numb our gums. This is another way to protect our heart valves. So don’t think that the dentist is being impolite by asking lots of questions. Tell him if you have had RF or RHD. 6:14 |
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| High Blood Pressure 01 of 3 Causes The more you smoke, the higher the nicotine level is in your blood, and the higher your blood pressure. This accounts to a large extent for the great increase in strokes, heart attacks, and pain in the legs due to poor circulation in smokers. 11:35 |
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| High Blood Pressure 02 of 3 Heart Attack Smoking accelerates the process of narrowing of the arteries, which can lead to a heart attack. Not a lot of Yolngu realizes that they are having a heart attack. Get information from the Clinic 10:20 |
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| High Blood Pressure 03 of 3 Heart Attack Symptoms Heart Attack Symptoms:CHEST DISCOMFORT: Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. DISCOMORT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE UPPER BODY: Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. 15:16 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 1 of 9 Explaining where Rheumatic Heart Disease came from and the numbers of people with the disease in East Arnhem Land. 10:49 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 2 of 9 Talks about how disease potentially came with white settlement and crowded housing. 9:24 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 3 of 9 Talking about the Rheumatic Heart Disease 10:32 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 4 of 9 Talking about the causes of Rheumatic Heart Disease |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 5 of 9 Talking about Rheumatic Heart Disease symptoms 9:34 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 6 of 9 Further discussion of Rheumatic Heart Disease symptoms 8:29 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 7 of 9 Talks about Strep infection 11:31 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 8 of 9 Talks about group A Strep 11:45 |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease - Part 9 of 9 Talks about group A Strep |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 1 of 7 Discussing the different types of diseases Yolngu are suffering from and trying to figure out the causes of it |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 2 of 7 Conditions in hospitals are not up to health standards 9:47 |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 3 of 7 Domesticated animals. It is not healthy to be living with animals. Eating the right foods should be a piority in every household. Don't rely entirely on 'new foods' because some of these foods have additives in them that are not good for our bodies. 14:47 |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 4 of 7 Napaki and Yolŋu have different views on all topics including health 15:38 |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 5 of 7 TB coming back to Arnhem Land. Years ago a lot of people were suffering from TB in Arnhem Land and now the disease has returned. 15:50 |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 6 of 7 Talking about the types of diseases back in the old days and all the new diseases.4:10 |
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| Why are people dying? - Part 7 of 7 Metaphorically speaking, The wind has changed in terms of health 19:17 |
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| Heart Attack 1 of 3 Intro & What is "Heart Attack"? Introduction to the idea of heart attacks. 10:44 |
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| Heart Attack 2 of 3 How do you get a heart attack? Lifestyle How heart attacks are brought about by their lifestyle choices. 7:33 |
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| Heart Attack 3 of 3 Think about about what you put in your mouth! How heart attacks can be brought about by bad eating habits. 5:18 |
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| Heart Attack Early Warning Signs If you feel these symptoms then go to the doctor as soon as possible! 2:09 |
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| Origin of the term 'Diabetes'? Explains the origin of the term diabetes. From the Greek language: means ‘sweet urine’. 10:03 |
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| Too much ‘sitting around’ can cause Diabetes. Explains how diabetes can be caused by things other than white sugar. Overeating and a lack of exercise are key factors in the rise in diabetes. 6:07 |
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| Water can prevent Diabetes. Water, healthy foods and exercise are good preventatives for diabetes. 9:50 |
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| Exercise to prevent Diabetes Exercise is a good preventative for diabetes. Activity was an integral part of the traditional lifestyle. 6:20 |
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| Lack of exercise causes Diabetes A lack of exercise can contribute to diabetes. This program discusses the link between the amount eaten and the amount of exercise needed to utilise the bloods sugar levels created. 15:39 |
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| Over-eating and the buildup of fat Lack of exercise and weight gain can contribute to diabetes. 10:57 |
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| Diabetes and Blindness Talks about how diabetes can cause blindness. 12:33 |
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| Back to the Bush Traditional foods as a preventative for diabetes. 23:31 |
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| Diabetes story Part 1 - How to Eat Healthy Patient gives a story of how to stay healthy by eating good food. 4:52 |
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| Diabetes story Part 2 - Living with Diabetes and Renal Failure Patient gives their story of living with diabetes and renal failure. 12:47 |
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| Diabetes story Part 3 - Living with Diabetes and Renal Failure Patient continues their story of living with diabetes and renal failure. 4:56 |
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| Diabetes: the health implications Discusses diabetes and some health implications such as damage to the eyes & wounds not healing efficiently. 12:21 |
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| Type 2 Diabetes: The role of Insulin Discusses type 2 diabetes and the role of insulin in the body. 10:14 |
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| Diabetes: a lifestyle disease Discusses how overeating and a sedentary lifestyle can cause diabetes. 9:39 |
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| Talking about Diabetes and Kidney tablets Explains why people take kidney tablets for diabetes. 11:43 |
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| Sweet drinks cause diabetes Explains how too many sweet drinks can cause diabetes. 12:31 |
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| What do the kidneys do? What is kidney disease? Briefly explains the function of the kidneys and then looks at some of the primary causes of kidney disease. 13:22 |
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| What is kidney disease ? Part 2 Gives an in depth explanation of kidney disease 11:51 |
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| The kidneys: filtration of waste products An in-depth discussion of the kidney’s role, filtering waste products from the body. 14:21 |
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| The causes of Renal disease Looks at the causes of renal disease. 23:27 |
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| Diabetes story Part A Part one of a six part series on the diabetes story. 11:26 |
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| Diabetes story Part B Part two of a six part series on the diabetes story. 10:52 |
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| Diabetes story Part C Part three of a six part series on the diabetes story. 11:39 |
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| Diabetes story Part D Part four of a six part series on the diabetes story. 10:26 |
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| Diabetes story Part E Part five of a six part series on the diabetes story. 12:56 |
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| Diabetes story Part F Part six of a six part series on the diabetes story. 8:27 |
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