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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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Developing an Urban Safety-Net Pharmacy: Implementation of Formative Program Evaluation |
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Outlines project that staffed St. Joseph’s Community center with University of Rochester Medical students. |
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Lead Poisoning and GLO: An Assessment of Lead Screening and Elevated Blood Lead Levels at OSHC |
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Gives background on lead poisoning, tips for increasing awareness. Outlines work done with the Get the Lead Out program in Rochester, NY aimed at increasing lead poisoning awareness. |
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Getting the Lead Out: A comprehensive review of lead poisoning, public health initiatives, and a medical student’s involvement with a lead poisoning prevention program in Rochester, NY |
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Background information about how lead affects humans, emphasizes the need to establish and support community based programs such as Get the Lead Out in Rochester, NY |
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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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Women on the Margins: Racial Disparities In Health Care and The Women’s Health Education Group of Sojourner House |
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Worked in The Women’s Health Education Group of Sojourner House in Rochester, NY |
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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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Flower City Habitat For Humanity |
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Occupational injury in Migrant Farm Workers: development of instructional materials for the clinician treating migrant farm workers |
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Project aimed at adding a back injury and dermatitis module to the NYCAMH. |
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Developing an Urban Safety- Net Pharmacy: A formative Program Evaluation |
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Outlines the evaluation of the existing Pharmaceutical program at St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center in Rochester, NY and improvements that were made based on the evaluation. |
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Habitat For Humanity - Fighting Poverty and Homelessness One House at a Time |
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Sojourner House Healthy Lifestyles Class |
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Health Education For Homeless Women |
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“Breathe Free” Teaching Smoking Prevention to Sixth Grade Inner City Students |
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Sixth graders at Public School 17 in Rochester, NY were taught, in a classroom environment, about smoking prevention. |
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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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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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Preventing pregnancy through abstinence education at school 17: A look at the PREP program of the Catholic Family Center/Catholic Youth Organization |
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An assessment of the PREP program used by the Catholic Family Center/Catholic Youth Organization in Rochester, NY and information on how it was improved. |
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Prevalence of Obesity among the Homeless |
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A survey and examination of homeless people in Rochester, NY. The projects goals were to obtain data about obesity among the homeless and raise obesity awareness among the homeless. |
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Palliative Care and Public Health |
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Breastfeeding Practices and Attitudes Among Rochester City Mothers |
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A pediatrician and a midwife at the Anthony Jordan Health Center each said that they thought about 25% of new mothers from their facility (minority/low SES/less educated women) initiated breastfeeding, and that far fewer continued breastfeeding. In order to help improve breastfeeding rates among this population, this project sought out mothers and found out: 1-What are their attitudes/thoughts surrounding breastfeeding. 2-What factors are most important in their decision to breast or bottlefeed and 3-What do they think would promote breastfeeding in their community. It includes a questionnaire. |
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Medicine and Design |
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Outlines how to use aesthetics to improve the quality of life for pediatric patients. |
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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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E! Advocacy Website – Issue Focus : Health Care of Foster Care Children |
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Health-care needs and issues facing foster care children were researched and the E! Advocacy web page was created as part of the Pediatric Links to the Community (PLC) web page |
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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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Lead Poisoning Education Program and Program Evaluation |
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Discrepancy of CV Risk Factors Between Urban & Suburban Communities |
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Hypertension |
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Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening: Targeting Minority Groups |
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Orchard Street Community Health Center / GLO Project |
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Folic Acid knowledge and use among undeserved/homeless women |
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Project aimed at determining the level of knowledge and use of folic acid in homeless women in two Rochester NY shelters, and afterwards implementing different possible ways of increasing education in this population. |
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Improving Services at UR Well Project St. Josephs |
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Project aimed at improving the services at the UR Well clinic by chart review, paper work improvement and volunteer training. |
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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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Developing a Computerized Patient Database for the UR Well Clinic |
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Beginning states of the creation of a computerized patient database for the UR Well Free Clinic at St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center. |
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Targeting Stroke, Addressing Healthcare Disparities in the African American Community |
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Project providing cardiovascular education to Rochester’s minority communities through three different venues. |
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Healthy Habits in School Aged Children |
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Students set up teaching sessions with 10 7th grade classes at Wilson Foundation Junior High School. Information included dental hygiene, nutrition and a healthy diet, and the importance of exercise and staying active. |
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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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Assessing Discrepancies in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Implementation, and Education Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities in Monroe County |
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Goals of this project include increasing awareness of heart disease and other risk factors, identifying at-risk individuals through individual assessments, and comparing the disparities of cardiovascular risk between urban and rural communities in Monroe County. |
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Improving Healthcare for the Uninsured: An Analysis of Recruitment and Training Procedures for UR Well Student Outreach at St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center |
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Creation of focus groups and a gathering of data from the UR Well Free Clinic in order to improve the management of the clinic. |
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One Year in Review: Evaluating UR Well, A Student-Run Clinic for the Uninsured |
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Project involved outlining a method of program evaluation for UR Well as well as begin carrying out the program evaluation by analyzing the currently available data and identifying new sources of data. |
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Assisting the House of Mercy |
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Diabetes Research, Education and Disease Management |
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The aim of the project is to reduce the disease and economic burden of diabetes by reducing the knowledge disparity of the patients who receive their care at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. The program educates patients about diabetes and its management |
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TOP Teen Partners: Creating the Foundation for a Sustainable Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program |
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A program that provided additional sexual education to teens in an area of high risk pregnancy. |
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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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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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UR Well Expanding Coverage, Increasing Opportunities |
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The Medical student operated clinic is evaluated in this project to analyze the impact on the community that it serves. |
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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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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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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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Smoke Alarms Save Lives! |
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A partnership was created between Strong’s pediatric clinic (AC-6) and the Rochester Fire Department to have free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors supplied and installed to lower socioeconomic families. |
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Kidz on the go: Activity Book to Promote Physical Activity Among Elementary School Children |
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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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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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Blood Pressure Patterns among Ghanaian Immigrants Residing in the Bronx |
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In partnering with a Kidney and Hypertension Center of Rochester, along with the Kittay House Jewish Home of the Bronx, this community was reached through home/work visits for blood pressure screening and education. |
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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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Diagnostic Imaging for Uninsured Patients of UR Well: A Survey of Rochester Radiology Groups |
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This project was a background assessment of Rochester radiology groups to see the role they may play in providing discounted services to the uninsured patients of UR Well and St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center. |
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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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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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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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Strong Stories: HIV/AIDS in Rochester, An African-American Woman's Perspective |
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We intended to develop a 30min segment for 'Strong Stories', titled ‘HIV/AIDS in Rochester: An African American Woman’s Perspective.’ The show will interview three African American women living with HIV in the Rochester community. The interview questions will focus on support, stigma, and HIV prevention strategies. Once completed, the video will be incorporated into HIV/AIDS outreach programs run by the Student National Medical Association. |
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UR Well Eye Care |
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The UR Well Eye Care project (UWEC) has been built to support
Project Eye Care
(PEC) and to provide a link with the medical student population as well as to resources of Strong Memorial Hospital. |
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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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HIV/AIDS in Rochester: An African American and Latino Women's Perspective |
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In order to reach out to young women in Rochester, a documentary was produced titled: HIV/ AIDS in Rochester: An African American and Latino Women’s Perspective. The documentary will be about the lives of three women of color in Rochester, who have been infected with HIV. The women will share their life experiences pertaining to HIV/AIDS with regard to how it affects them, their families and their community’s. |
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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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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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Improving Children's and Adolescents' Health Through Free Sports Physical Exams |
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Sustainable partnerships have developed over the years to help successfully perform free physical exams. While the project has received positive feedback, it is now important to evaluate if the program is indeed serving the intended target population. |
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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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Evaluation of the Student Volunteer Experience at UR Well Student Outreach |
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The purpose of this project was to design and implement an evaluation of the student volunteer experience at UR Well. The evaluation was designed with the input of the UR Well Steering Committee and Adrienne Morgan. Key Informant Interviews were completed and a Questionnaire was started. |
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Musical Motivation - Improving Child Behavior |
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A classroom needs assessment was conducted through participant observation and key informant interviews. The project included a musical curriculum designed to be implemented by teachers; and by continuing recruitment of community partners. |
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Creating an Electronic Signout System for UR Well and Analysis of the Signout Information |
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To improve care at UR Well Student Outreach, a database was created to store information about patients’ visits. One year of data was converted and analyzed, with summary of results presented. Once the database is fully implemented, it can sustainably replace the paper sign-out procedure. |
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The Jordan Family Health Center and Their Reach and Read Program |
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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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