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Preventing Heart Disease in Local African Refugees |
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Examines the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in the Rochester, NY African refugee population by interviewing local clinicians and refugees, offers outline of how subjective data was gathered to best screen and prevent heart disease in this population, outlines Health fair held in Rochester for African refugees |
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Treating Alcoholism, The Strong Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol and the Oxford Houses of Rochester |
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Compliance with the Alcohol Withdrawal Guidelines for Strong Hospital were investigated via retrospective chart review |
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Habitat For Humanity - Fighting Poverty and Homelessness One House at a Time |
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Watch Your BAC*k! *Blood Alcohol Content |
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Project aimed at informing young adults who drink socially in the Alexander Street and East Avenue bars of Rochester, NY about blood alcohol content |
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Discrepancy of CV Risk Factors btwn Urban & Suburban Communities |
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Promoting Avoidance of Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs in the Adolescent Community |
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Improving Urban Adolescent Health Behaviors Through Sports Physicals, Behavior Screening, and Counseling |
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This project was a continuation of an ongoing volunteer offering of the University of Rochester, targeting students within the Rochester City School District. The intervention includes providing free physicals to high school teens for eligibility in extra curricula activities. |
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Sale of Disposable Breathalyzers |
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This project was to assess the need for breathalyzers in bars. |
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Breathalyzers; Pilot Project in the East Avenue and Alexander Street Neighborhood in Rochester, NY |
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The project proposal is to provide access to disposable breathalyzer units to bar patrons in the Alexander St. / East Ave. neighborhood, to assist in better decision making when drinking. |
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Implementation of Breathalyzers in the Alexander St/East Ave. Neighborhood |
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The aim of this project was to implement a disposable Breathalyzer vending machine in the East Ave./Alexander Street entertainment district to reduce drinking and driving in Monroe County. |
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Improving the Availability of Disposable Breathalyzers |
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By targeting a group most at risk, adults in the 21-35 year old demographic, and a site with a dozen well populated bars, the project aims to increase the availability of disposable Breathalyzers for personal decision making in the Alexander Street and East Avenue neighborhood of Rochester, NY. |
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Health Education for Heavy Alcohol Users |
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Partnerships were formed with the American Heart Association and Alcoholics Anonymous, and conducted an informal focus group determining the educational needs of a local AA chapter. |
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Safe Ride Rochester |
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The goal of this project was to investigate the possibility of a Safe Ride program for the holiday season in Rochester. Partnerships were established with a number of local businesses and organizations who would likely support a similar effort in future years. |
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Habitat for Humanity- Fighting Poverty and Homelessness One House at a Time |
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The project was partnered with Habitat for Humanity by helping to construct houses, doing a participant observation study to assess how Habitat works through volunteers, and performing key informant interviews with the Administrative Staff. |
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UR Well Homeless Outreach |
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UR Well Homeless Outreach will extend the role of the UR Well Student Outreach project to allow medical students the opportunity to work with Rochester’s homeless population. |
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