Be Safe with Medicine
Medication Safety
This curriculum includes health and wellness lessons created by Peer Leader Navigators. Each topic includes a lesson plan, handout, and poster designed for easy use and translation.
Medication Safety
This curriculum includes health and wellness lessons created by Peer Leader Navigators. Each topic includes a lesson plan, handout, and poster designed for easy use and translation.
After this lesson, learners will understand:
Understand the difference between over-the-counter and prescription medicine.
Understand how to read the Drug Facts label and take medicine safely.
Know what active ingredients are and where to find them on the Drug Facts label.
Understand common side effects and warnings on medicine labels.
Teacher's Guide
Notes:
This poster should be printed on 36x48inch foam board. Lightly cut the back of the foam board along the dotted lines so it can tri-fold. This poster has accessory pieces for an interactive activity in the middle.
POSTER ACCESSORIES - open/download
Notes:
These accessories should be printed on regular printer paper (8.5x11), cut out around the rectangles, laminated, and taped to the poster.
The following resources go into more detail on this topic.
This curriculum made by Peer Leader Navigators in a project supported by Alaska Catholic Social Services Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS).