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Strides For Change: Incentivizing Hispanic Youth To Promote Exercise, Fitness And Wellbeing, Priyanka Chilakamarri
Strides For Change: Incentivizing Hispanic Youth To Promote Exercise, Fitness And Wellbeing, Priyanka Chilakamarri
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The United Way of Western Connecticut's 2014 annual report on Danbury's Young Children found that Danbury's children are facing many physical fitness challenges compared to the state of CT. A study looking at 4th graders in a physical fitness test finds that Danbury students consistently have a harder time passing the fitness test. Of the population studied, 42.5% were ethnically Hispanic.
Improving Healthy Habits In Berlin, Vt, Amy I. Triano
Improving Healthy Habits In Berlin, Vt, Amy I. Triano
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
A significant percentage of patient’s at Berlin Family Practice have diagnoses of Type II Diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and/or obesity. Essential to treatment and management of these conditions are a healthy diet and exercise. There are many local and national resources available but no single place where patient’s can find links to national as well as local resources in the Central Vermont community. There is also insufficient time for physicians or nurses to counsel patients on relevant resources. This project involved creation of a website with community and national resources for healthy living that providers could refer patients to. A …