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 Starlight
Starbright brings together experts from pediatric
health care, technology, and entertainment to
create programs that educate, entertain and inspire
seriously ill children. Whether it's finding friends
online, learning more about a disease, or just
spending time together as a family, Starlight
Starbright's programs help children and families
cope with the challenges they face daily. Research
studies on select Starlight Starbright programs
have shown the following benefits:
- Reduced pain and distress
- A reduction in the fear and isolation of a
prolonged illness
- A greater willingness to return for treatment
- An increased sense of peer support
- Increased knowledge and sense of responsibility
for managing disease
- Much needed distraction from the challenges
that accompany their illness
- Increased ability to cope with their disease
Browse all programs below. For programs arranged
by medical condition, see the right column.
Programs
Back
to School
This MTV style DVD features teens sharing stories
and advice for overcoming their fears about returning
to school after an extended absence due to a chronic
illness or injury. Also includes segments
on coping with frequent hospitalizations and improving
communication with the medical team.
Blood
Tests: Exploring Our Incredible Blood
Using a virtual microscope, children and teens
discover the fascinating facts that a single blood
test can reveal about the body.
Uncovering
the Mysteries of Bone Marrow
This interactive online game helps children discover
the role that bone marrow plays in the body and
why bone marrow aspirations and biopsies are important.
Coping
With Chemo™
A series of online animated stories called webisodes
that help children and teens with cancer learn
how to cope with the challenges of having cancer
and undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments.
Fitting
Cystic Fibrosis Into Your Life Everyday™
An interactive online game that teaches children
and teens with cystic fibrosis the importance
of airway clearance, exercise, diet, and taking
enzymes and medications.
Fun
Centers
Mobile entertainment units containing a DVD
player and the latest Nintendo game system that
roll bedside in hospitals to provide fun and distraction
for pediatric patients.
Get Fit, Get Right
Get Fit, Get Right is an interactive, web-based
intervention designed to help overweight and obese
teens learn to adopt healthier, sustainable behaviors.
Get Fit, Get Right is currently in production
and is expected to launch in early 2007.
Great
Escapes
Relaxing, fun-filled events provided for Starlight
Starbright families, including ball games, picnics,
cruises, spa days and movie premiers, that provide
time to connect with other families, make new
friends, and spend family time together. (Available
in select areas.)
Hospital
Happenings
Fun-filled parties and entertainers designed to
offer hospitalized kids comfort, companionship
and a welcome break from medical treatment.
Hospital
Pals®
An innovative tool for healthcare providers designed
to reduce anxiety and the need for anesthesia
in preschool-age children undergoing radiation
therapy.
Living
With Kidney Disease™
An interactive online magazine that offers children
and teens diagnosed with kidney disease real advice
from other young people. Kids get an inside look
at how the kidneys work, see how medications and
proper diet can help, and find out what to expect
from treatments.
PC
Pals
Laptop computers that provide pediatric patients
with a variety of entertaining and educational
software, Starlight Starbright's media programs,
and filtered Internet access that allows hospitalized
kids to email and instant message their friends
and family.
Quest
for the Code®
An online asthma game that helps children and
teens ages 7-15 learn how to manage their asthma,
find coping tips and get advice.
Medical
Imaging: Welcome to the Radiology Center
Take a closer look at tests like X-Rays, MRIs
and CT Scans. Explore machines, hear actual sounds
and see real images produced from these tests,
and learn how to prepare and what to wear in order
to be more comfortable during the procedures.
Spinal
Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid
An interactive online program that helps children
discover why spinal fluid holds an important key
to diagnosis and treatment and provides tips for
coping with a spinal tap procedure.
Sickle
Cell Slime-O-Rama™CD-ROM
An interactive online game for children with sickle
cell disease that teaches pain management and
prevention strategies, and provide tips for communicating
to adults about pain.
Spotlight
on IV's
In this interactive game for children, nurse Ima
Helpa explains what it’s like to get an
IV and offers tips for making the medical procedure
a little easier.
Starbright
World®
The premier online social network for teens with
chronic and life-threatening medical conditions,
and their siblings. Sick teens and their
brothers and sisters are able to connect with
other teens that are at home or in the hospital.
Users post pictures, chat, post blogs and bulletins
and find new friends in similar situations.
Starlight
Sites
Beautifully designed and inviting hospital environments
where pediatric patients can relax, play and interact
with other children during their hospital stay.
UC
and Crohn's
A website designed to help teenagers with UC and
Crohn's meet other teens with IBD. The site
provides tips and strategies for coping with ulcerative
colitis (UC) and Crohn’s and the treatments
associated with the conditions.
The
X-Men® in: Life Lessons
An authentic X-Men® comic book that
helps teens and pre-teens recover emotionally
from a serious burn injury and cope with teasing,
staring and ridicule as they re-enter society.
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