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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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Stroke Educational Intervention in a Rochester Community |
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Reviews Literature about past community educational interventions on stroke and describes an intervention completed by author and partner at the NAACP, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield and Faith Community Alliance African-American Community Health fair in September, 2003, in Rochester, NY |
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Stroke Awareness and Primary Prevention |
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Assesses the background knowledge on the signs and symptoms of stroke in a selected community in Rochester, NY. Outlines methods of community education regarding stroke education used at the African American Health Fair in downtown Rochester, NY. |
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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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Bike Safety – Primary Prevention |
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Project aimed at educating the Jay and Orchard Street neighborhood about bike safety |
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Cardiovascular Health on the Community Level |
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Bone Marrow Drive |
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Student set up a bone marrow drive targeting medical and graduate students at the University of Rochester |
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Medicare Prescription card and Transitional Assistance Education |
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Project aimed at educating the public and creating awareness of Medicare. |
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Promoting Healthy Snacks for Children |
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Outlines project where a series of workshops were given in downtown Rochester, NY aimed at increasing nutritional awareness among children. |
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Childhood Obesity Education for AA Youth At a Local Health Fair |
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Discrepancy of CV Risk Factors Between Urban & Suburban Communities |
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Health Literacy Carnival |
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Student put together a carnival at School #7 in Rochester in order to provide parents and students with information about healthcare resources, healthy lifestyles, and health prevention education. |
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Emergency Preparedness, Dirty Bombs, and Rochester |
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Project continuing research on how Rochester plans to respond and react in the case of a radiological attack on the city. |
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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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Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Rochester Community with Focus on Women |
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Project designed to promote cardiovascular awareness in women in the Rochester community through the patients understanding of blood pressure and BMI numbers, risk for cardiovascular disease, and a heart healthy lifestyle. |
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Candy Bars for Breakfast? Not My Kid! |
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Blood pressure checks and BMI's were calculated at a local health fair, while parents and children were educated about nutrition. Focus groups were later conducted with parents/caregivers to enforce healthy food choices. |
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Be the Generation |
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The campaign purpose is using a focus group method as a means to actively obtain more study participants to assist in finding a vaccine for HIV. |
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Youth Anti-Violence Campaign |
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Partnerships with the OME, School 7, the Rochester Police Department, the Pirate Toy Fund, and Finger Lakes Restorative Justice, an anti-violence campaign was created and implemented at School 7. Additionally, the Rochester Medical Students Against Violence group was re-started to carry on this message in the future. |
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Over the Counter Emergency Contraception: Getting the Word Out |
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The project aim was to increase awareness of how and where to purchase Plan B in Rochester. The University Health Systems at Rochester and OBGYN department at Strong Memorial Hospital were key partners in this project. |
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Improving Adolescent Health through Involvement with the Boy Scouts of America |
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This longitudinal CHIC project targets Boy Scouts aging 11 to 17 years old in the Brighton, New York area, and is designed to educate and implement healthy behavior. |
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Education |
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A DVD on lead education was shown to clients at Jordan Health Center, ABC, Healthy Start, and the BEST Program and distributed to other community partners. By targeting communities with the greatest burden of childhood lead poisoning, an important difference was made to families that need the most intervention. |
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Household Toxic Exposure Prevention |
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A health fair on household toxic exposure prevention was conducted in partnership with Strong’s poison control center and the Orchard Street Community Health Center for their families with children under 6 years of age. The fair was aimed at improving awareness and teaching safety techniques important for prevention of toxic exposures. |
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Pediatric Obesity: Promoting Healthy Hearts to Children and Families in Rochester City Elementary Schools |
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Project based on a need in the inner city community was for instruction and teaching of the parents and families of children at risk of obesity. The aims is to reach out to the children and families to encourage them to make healthy nutrition choices when cooking meals and buying snacks as well as promote active lifestyles for the whole family |
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Pediatric Obesity Promoting Healthy Hearts to Children and Families Rochester City Elementary Schools |
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A Healthy Heart Booth was created for the open houses at five Rochester City elementary schools. The open houses allowed the medical students to reach both elementary school children and their parents. |
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