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Pediatric Obesity: Promoting nutrition and Physical Fitness in a Rural Elementary School |
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Project aimed at educating 5th graders at Red Jacket Elementary School in Ontario County, NY about proper nutrition and exercise. At the time Ontario County was considered a medically underserved area by the U.S. Department of Health. |
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Healthy Eating Children's Cookbook |
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Cookbook of child friendly recipes and activities. It was tested with one group of children and there are many groups and schools who want the cookbook and/or someone to come in and teach the kids about healthy cooking and eating. |
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Sojourner House Healthy Lifestyles Class |
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Health Education For Homeless Women |
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Palliative Care and Public Health |
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Attack on Pediatric obesity: Making Healthy Changes |
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Outlines project done in the Enrico Fermi School 17 in Rochester, NY focused on 5th grade students. The project was aimed at increasing awareness about healthy eating and exercise, in an attempt to reduce pediatric obesity. |
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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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Primary Prevention of Diabetes in Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers |
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Mi Libro de Cocina Muy Propio! |
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Project attempts to combat childhood obesity with the creation of a children’s cookbook, written in Spanish, filled with easy, healthy recipes. Project also includes a hands on healthy cooking demonstration for children and their parents. |
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Folic Acid knowledge and use among undeserved/homeless women |
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Sports Nutrition Assessment and Information for High School Athletes |
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The Healthy Seasonal Eating Project |
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MyPyramid: Nutrition Workshop for Kids |
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Healthy Habits in School Aged Children |
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Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Rochester Community with Focus on Women |
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Food Insecurity in Rochester: Facing the Challenges of the Holiday Season |
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Project FIRM (Family-Based Insulin Resistance Management) |
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Project FIRM targeted the underserved population of overweight and obese children or children who are at risk of developing/having metabolic syndrome. The intervention includes education about nutrition and exercise. |
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Saturday School; Health Literacy and Health Modules |
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The goals of this project were to improve the ability for the students to become health literate through development of basic reading, writing, and math skills, and to address common health-related issues facing the students through health modules. |
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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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Health Promotion Project for Gowa Village in Malawi |
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The long term goal of the project is to develop a program in antenatal care that will be sustained by the local population without outside aid. All phases of the project to date have been reviewed and approved by the University of Rochester Research Subjects Review Board. |
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Promoting Exercise in Type I and Type II Diabetics an Educational Workshop |
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An educational workshop focusing on exercise as a means to prevent and manage diabetes was held for patients at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. |
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Promoting Healthy Eating Habits among Type I and Type II Diabetics: An Educational Workshop |
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A nutrition workshop was organized and conducted for patients of the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center as part of a monthly Diabetes Education Group meeting. |
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Empowering Women through the Sojourner House Health Lifestyles Project |
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This project was based at the Sojourner House, an agency which provides transitional housing to high-risk women. An evaluation component was instituted to an existing program, to assess changes in participants’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of self-efficacy. Key partners included AIDS Rochester, AHA, ACS, and Planned Parenthood. |
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Assessing Barriers to Breastfeeding in Low-Income Obstetric Patients |
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The objectives of this project were to survey health care providers and low-income obstetric patients at an academic hospital-based women’s clinic to assess awareness, interest, and barriers to breastfeeding among this low income population. |
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Nutrition and Wellness Group at Strong Ties |
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Strong Ties is a community-based program that provides a complete array of services designed to promote recovery among adults with severe mental illness. |
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Staged Based Behavioral Counseling |
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Staged Based Counseling (SBC) is a behavioral modification modality targeting clients at all levels of readiness to change. This project created SBC as an elective for medical students at the University of Rochester. The goal is to increase trained individuals in this method, and ultimately address the needs of the Rochester Community. |
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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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The Healthy Hospitals Campaign: Improving the nutritional quality of food offered at hospitals |
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This project studied the prevalence of fast food within hospitals and a campaign to eliminate the presence and promoting healthier food. |
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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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Lifestyles Improvement For Everyone (L.I.F.E) |
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The purpose behind creating this program was to address both of the goals of Healthy People 2010, focusing primarily on but not limited to battling overweight and obesity with improvements in nutrition and physical activity. |
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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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The Anthony L. Jordan Diabetes Collaborative: Partnerships for a Sustainable Future |
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The Anthony L. Jordan Health Center (AJHC), serving the northeast central quadrant of Rochester, NY, has developed individualized strategies to supplement diabetes care for its unique patient population. By coordinating area diabetes resources and community agencies, the author sought to enhance existing AJHC efforts with sustainable partnerships to ensure lasting benefits for its patients. |
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Hoops for Health |
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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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Food, Fitness & Fun |
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The aim of this project is to educate children in fourth-sixth grade about diet and exercise and hopefully to have fun while battling pediatric obesity. With the help of a graphic designer in the community, computerized educational modules were created on pediatric obesity that can be implemented into any health class around the country, provided that there are computers available. |
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Food Reaching Everyone Spreading Health (FRESH) |
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A survey of 41/52 convenient stores in southwestern Rochester, NY showed that 95% did not offer fresh fruit and 85% did not offer fresh vegetables. Montgomery Neighborhood Center, SouthWest Area Neighborhood, Foodlink, and the University of Rochester partnered to create a produce stand that would deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to this area. |
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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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