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Prostate Cancer and Screening for African American men |
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Working with the American Cancer Society, students worked at a table at the African American Health fair at St. Mary’s Hospital educating people about epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and follow-up involved in prostate cancer. Project targeted African American males |
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Women’s Place and Sanctuary House |
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An effort to get the women in these shelters healthcare and educate them about adopting healthier lifestyles. |
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Community Outreach and Education Services for the Under- and Uninsured |
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Student worked with the Women’s Health Partnership in Rochester, NY to help under and uninsured women deal with all issues involving breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. |
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Increasing Public Awareness of the Women’s health Partnership’s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program |
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Project aimed at improving awareness of colorectal cancer among people over 50 in the Monroe County, NY area by targeting churches, synagogues, and other places of worship. |
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Partnership in Action: Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions |
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Worked with the Women’s Health partnership in a program where mailings are sent to places of worship in Livingston county regarding colorectal screening recommendations, symptoms, and services provided by the Women’s Health Partnership. Worked in the St. Mary’s African American health fair, distributing information on mammography, self breast exams, WHP services, and colorectal cancer. Also partnered with Highland Hospital Breast Care Center to improve breast cancer awareness |
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Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening |
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Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening: Targeting minority groups. |
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Skin Cancer Awareness in the Migrant Population |
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Classroom Reentry Kit: Helping Children with Cancer Return to School |
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Study determining the level of coping upon the return to school in chronically ill children. Particularly concerned with children with cancer, student created a classroom re-entry kit to facilitate the adjustment through self-education and social support. |
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Ovarian Cancer: Promoting Awareness |
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Project consists of the creation of a booth for one or two health fairs as well as two presentations to increase the awareness of the risk of ovarian cancer for women over 40. |
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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention Awareness |
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The main goals of this project include increasing awareness about colorectal cancer prevention and screening options for patients as well as increasing awareness in healthcare providers working with the uninsured and underinsured population. |
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Assessment of the Utilization of Preventive Services in Patients 50-64 |
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Records for patients at Jefferson Family Medicine were flagged to alert providers of needed preventive care in order to increase screening and decrease mortality in high risk patients. |
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Increasing Awareness of Environment Tobacco Smoke Within the Monroe County Department of Child and Family Services |
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By partnering with the Monroe County Department of Child and Family Services (MCDCFS) and the Greater Rochester Area Tobacco Cessation Center (GRATCC), education about health effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) was promoted. |
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Skin Cancer Prevention Through Education and Advocacy for Pediatric/Adolescent Population |
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The goal of this community health improvement project is to target the pediatric and adolescent population and provide an educational intervention concerning the risks of sun exposure, tanning and sun safety. This was conducted through pairing with the Healthy Home. |
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UR Well Smoking Cessation Program Evaluation |
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For this project, an evaluation of this program was performed with both quantitative and qualitative data collection. Based on the results, several improvements were made to the current program and recommendations for possible future expansion of smoking cessation services were developed. |
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The Hair Salon Project: Bringing a Lay Health Education Model to Tonja's Personal Touch Salon |
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This project aimed to introduce a lay health education model into a salon serving African American women in the Southwedge neighborhood of Rochester. This program was tested in a focus group and was well received by community members. |
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