As the presentation of each video on YouTube indicates, “Chiquita Salud is a project of the Canary Health Service, shot in the 8 Canary Islands, and aimed at children to transfer health advice and improve their healthy habits”
We have known this interesting project by one of its creators, the Dr. Juan Toral Sánchez, a specialist in Family and Community Medicine in Canary Islands, who has been recognized as one of thes 30 eDoctores plus 2.0 from Spainas well as one of the Medicine influencers in our country.
Dr. Toral, together with the Canary Health Service, launched this initiative with the clear objective that The little canaries learn about healthy habits and in general on issues related to health and well-being, in a way fun and enjoyable, in a format that is very attractive to them: the video.
El premiere of this channel on YouTube, where 8 has currently shared chapters with themes that will surely attract the attention of children, is for Dr. Juan Toral “a dream come true".
The presenter of “explainsPetite Health”Which is about videos to see as a family and it reminds us of the importance for the future of our population that the new generations approach issues related to healthy habits and what better way to achieve it than "speaking to them in their language".
It refers to the format and also to the protagonists of "Chiquita Salud": Canarian children, curious and eager to learn and teach other children, health tips.
"Chiquita Salud", an episode on each island
As we have commented, each video is recorded with the participation of children from the different islands of our archipelago. In this way, each episode has been produced and recorded on a different island.
Below we present the 8 titles that make up this fun and educational channel, taking advantage to invite our readers of Canary Doctor, to share with the children, these contents loaded with tips and very useful tips.
- Episode 1: "How to heal a wound?", Recorded in La Graciosa
- Episode 2: "How to protect ourselves from the sun?", Recorded in Tenerife
- Episode 3: "How do snot form?", Recorded in Gran Canaria
- Episode 4: "How should a child's diet be?", Recorded on Fuerteventura
- Episode 5: "What to do if someone drowns in the water?", Recorded in El Hierro
- Episode 6: "The importance of brushing your teeth well", recorded in Lanzarote
- Episode 7: "What is the navel?", Recorded on La Palma
- Episode 8: "What is sweat?", Recorded in La Gomera