Jessica spent time in Haiti, post-earthquake, volunteering her nursing skills and assisting with the delivery of babies. In her video, she covers the statistics of maternal mortality, specifically the dangers faced in third-world countries. She goes on to explain that the primary risk to mothers during and after childbirth is hemorrhage and shares her idea for an inexpensive, easy method that may be used in the event of hemorrhage in order to hopefully lessen the instance of maternal mortality.
Miss Langton has appealed to an audience of interested individuals by offering a potential solution to an event that is devastating to communities the world over: maternal death and the ripples of consequences stemming from it. Hearing the statistics and seeing the simplicity of her idea is something that one can't help but be inspired by; when looking to make changes in our global health community, ideas such as Miss Langton's are what is needed to affect change.
Her choice in musical background, "How To Save a Life" by The Fray, is perfectly suited to the theme of the ABC News challenge and in my case, anyway, made my heart fill with hope and a sense of urgency and possibility for positive change.
Sharing photos of herself in Haiti and some of the women and children she encountered lends great credibility to her authority, along with her identifying herself as a senior college nursing student while wearing scrubs with her school's logo and in a practical clinical setting. Miss Langton offers diagrams to demonstrate the specifics of her idea; she also makes mention of the fact that her concept is something that already exists in hospital settings, stateside, but that it is more complex and not easily transferred to third-world areas.
With her video, idea and accompanying data, she makes a valid case for an avenue to affect much-needed change; her audience is already engaged in the ever-expanding move for social change and her words will be met with nodding heads, gears that start to spin and hopefully, prayerfully, forward-moving momentum.
Your video that you chose was interesting. I had learned previosuly in another class about the high rates of mothers dieing during or after childbirth. I am glad that there are people out there who care enough to be working on ways to help, even if they are everyday people. I thought that your analiysis was good.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your analysis of the video. You expanded on and complimented the message of the video, without simply transcribing it. You are genuine in your responses and conclusions, and it is apparent that you also care about the unnecessarily high mortality rates spoken about within the video. The cliche is "it is the little things which make a big difference." I believe that this goes for the "little people" as well. Even though Miss Langton is not an "important person" in the world, she cares about making a difference and took action to make steps towards positive change.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the video with us- I think it would be wonderful if such a device was produced for third-world countries.
You did well with bringing in all the parts of the assignment; I would say that a bit more description of the audience (its needs and values) would bolster this fine piece of writing even more.
ReplyDeleteOne thought I'm posing to everyone: how would this video affect an skeptical audience? That is, the best arguments can win people over to their points of view; your analysis presumes an audience that's already open and willing to absorb the ideas...but how effectively would the video appeal to an audience whose opening stance is "This is malarkey"? (just something to ponder!)