Slovenian Webclassroom. Health

Health in Slovenia

Topic Outline

The standard of medical care is high in Slovenia. Slovenia has a tradition of public health activities. The first public health institute - Central Institute of Higiene - was established in 1923 in Ljubljana. The institute was founded by Dr. Andrija Stampar who was also the first president of the World Health Organisation. In 1992 the institute became the National Institute of Public health with nine regional bodies. Its sphere of interest are in: social medicine, hygiene and environmental health, epidemiology of communicable diseases and public health laboratories.

The national Ministry of Health has the following main areas of activity: health improvement and prevention, national health programmes, health inspectorate, WHO liaison office, national chemical bureau, national health promotion, health care, organization of health care system. The government has a priority for policies and strategies for enabling a health life-style, covering: health improvement, nutrition, investment and assessment of public health care institutions and the quality of health care.
Slovenia uses modern technology for the health system. It was the first in Europe to launch a national electronic health care card for all the population in October 2000. Slovenia is a member country of the Information Network of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work http://europe.osha.eu.int/
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There is a wealth of information on the Slovenian Web about: health, nutrition, fitness and sport in Slovenia. The Web resources for the topic of health are mainly in Slovenian and are appropriate for the advanced student of Slovenian. The Web sites are very informative and valuable as resource materials for teaching any level of Slovenian.

Topic	Health in Slovenia
Text -types	Activities: Diet	Linguistic elements
table chart brochure table description	Activity 1: The Body compile a table of medical terms from the Medical Dictionary http://med.over.net/za_bolnike/slovarcek_tujk/index.htm (slo) Food Groups design a chart of the foods included in the five food groups from the article containing detailed analytical charts about the food groups http://www.zzv-ce.si/za_vec_zdravja/prehrana/priporocila.php (slo) Eating write a brochure on tips for healthy eating - based on the list of recommendations in this article http://www.zzv-ce.si/za_vec_zdravja/prehrana/priporocila.php (slo) Body Weight Chart write a description of your own correct body weight by following the table of recommended correct body weight http://www.zzv-ce.si/za_vec_zdravja/prehrana/teza.php (slo)	adjectives collective nouns prepositions - genitive case numerals - cardinal, ordinal
list recipes menu	Activity 2: Recipes for the Young assemble a list of foods and recipes for children of the family http://med.over.net/za_bolnike/otrosko_zdravje/za_otroke/recepti/ Menus write a menu for a group of children for an all day's excursion - include snacks and lunch, select from the list for each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn http://med.over.net/za_bolnike/otrosko_zdravje/za_otroke/jedilniki/	nouns -instrumental case
role play proverb list	Activity 3: Laughter is the Best Medicine - Za Dobro Voljo - For a Good Mood 1. write a role-play based on one humourous anecdote of the collection http://med.over.net/za_dobro_voljo/ (slo) 2. tell a proverb or saying chosen from the list of reinterpreted sayings and proverbs - write a selection of appealing versions of proverbs http://med.over.net/za_dobro_voljo/vici/reki_in_pregovori.htm (slo)	adverbs conjunctions
e-book report talk	Facts About Slovenia Activity 4: Types of Diets source: e-book - "Za Srce" dr. Jaro Lajovic http://med.over.net/literatura/knjiga_prehrana_vir_zdravja/index.html (slo) *write a report or give a talk on one of the chapters of the e-book 1. Traditional Food of Slovenia http://med.over.net/literatura/knjiga_prehrana_vir_zdravja/ 2. Biofood 3. Vegetarian food 4. Macrobiotic food http://med.over.net/literatura/knjiga_prehrana_vir_zdravja/ 5. Fast Food Can be Healthy http://med.over.net/literatura/knjiga_prehrana_vir_zdravja/	adjectives-superlative coordinating conjunctions
article report talk email	Activity 5:: Health Issues in Slovenia select one of the following issues and write an article/report/talk 1. Drugs 2. Smoking 3. Alchoholism http://med.over.net/zasvojenost/ (slo) Discussion and Medical Advice Forums select a topic or question from the several forums and write an email http://med.over.net/forum/ (slo) http://med.over.net/klepet/ (slo) http://med.over.net/phorum/index.php?f=0 (slo)	conjunctions sub-ordinating routine - letter-writing
brochure radio talk	Being Healthy Activity 6: Changing the Diet Article "Sprememba prehrambenih navad" write a brochure listing advice given in article on food selection in daily life http://www.zzv-ce.si/za_vec_zdravja/prehrana/sprememba.php (slo) Article "Kako jemo, da ohranjamo zdravje?" give a radio talk on hints given in the article for daily healthy eating http://www.zzv-ce.si/za_vec_zdravja/prehrana/kako_jemo.php (slo)	verbs - imperfective, supine particles
web site brochure review	Activity 7: Fitness - "Razgibajmo zivljenje.net" Web site write a brochure about the activities and sports offered on the web site write a review of information and services offered on the web site http://ares.spic.tv:1180/servlet/page?_pageid=711& (slo)	verbs -present participle, past participle
report article	Sports in Slovenia Activity 8: Sport in Slovenia write a report on Sport and the Olympic contribution from Slovenia http://www.oks-zsz.si/ (slo) write an article about the sports associations of Slovenia http://www.oks-zsz.si/kategorizacija/februar2002/ (slo)	prepositions - locative case word order
article interview	Health Information Activity 9: 1. Ministry of Health write an article on the health care system of Slovenia - outline: main areas of activity, health improvement and prevention http://www.sigov.si/vrs/ang/government/ministry-of-health.html (eng/slo) http://www.sigov.si/mz/ (eng/slo) 2. National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia write an interview about the ativities of the Institute http://www.sigov.si/ivz/indexang.html (eng/slo)	prepositions - purpose, comparison noun - verbal


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