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Project Title: Reach Out and Read
Description: The Reach Out and Read program, an early literacy program that consists of giving brand new books at each well child exam from the ages of 6 months to 5 years.
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Project Title: Kidz on the go: Activity Book to Promote Physical Activity Among Elementary School Children
Description: The Kidz on the Go activity book was implemented to encourage physical activity and healthy eating among elementary school children at risk of becoming overweight or obese. The target community includes low-income and minority children who receive their health care in the Pediatric resident clinics in the area.
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Project Title: Developing a Patient-Provider Health Information Library for UR Well at St Joseph's Neighborhood Center
Description: In order to further involve patients in their own health care UR Well and St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center are developing a patient-oriented health information library.
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Project Title: Hoops for Health
Description: The Hoops for Health after school program was created to target those children at greatest risk. With the help of coordinators at Quad A, a partnership was created with students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and School 34 staff, ultimately leading to the development of the Hoops for Health program in 2003.
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The Jordan Family Health Center and Their Reach and Read Program

Description: The Reach Out and Read (ROR) program helps encourage parents to foster their child’s love for reading by providing them with the tools (books, educational resources, training) to do so in the hopes that a strong foundation in reading skills will help expand their minds and horizons and result in improved scholastic performance and with better education.
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