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Community Health
Student Service Projects

As part of the Family Medicine/Community Health 12-week clerkship, all third-year medical students are required to develop and implement a Community Health Project. The goal of this project is to broaden students’ perspective of health care beyond the exam room and familiarize students with the process of community evaluation and intervention.

Students assess the community where they are assigned to their clerkships, identify a community health problem, define a target population, develop and implement an intervention. Some examples of the diverse and creative projects that students have completed this year are included here.
 

Summer 2006-2007
	Adolescent Obesity Intervention: A School Health Center Approach  By Alisha Hudson, MS3
	Adult Day Care Centers: An Underutilized Resource  By Elise Halajian, MS3
	Cultural Competency in the Workspace    By Krystyna Gal, MS3
	Diabetes Education and Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle Practices in Type 2 Diabetics  By Malathi Rao, MS3
	Identifying Depression in Chronically Ill Patients   By Kristen Donigan, MS3
	Smoking Cessation for a Chicago Homeless Population  By Amanda Kijac, MS3
Winter 2005-2006
	Colorectal Cancer Screening ~ A Practice (newly posted 4/06)   Data Summary   By Elizabeth Goodhue, MS3
	Cook County Pharmacy Volunteer Program (newly posted 4/06)   Document 1, Document 2   By Nichole Grasch, MS3 and Steven Nwe, MS3
	Student's Guide to Oral Health (newly posted 4/06)   Document 1, Document 2, and Pamphlet   By Cheryl Brooks, MS3 and Irina Daniel, MS3
Fall 2005-2006
	Early Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Screening and Administration for High Risk African American Adults in a South Chicago Community By Deepa Kamath, MS3 and Monika Kraft, MS3
	Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) questionnaires in a school based clinic: data collection and analysis By Jennifer Warton, MS3
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Prevention: Knowledge is Power By Shivani Jain, MS3
	Summer 2005-2006
	Adult ADHD   Document 1, Document 2 and Handout    By Cameron Jirschele, MS3 & V. Maheshwari, MS3
	Cholesterol Awareness and Patient Education By Ryan Davies, MS3
	Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Diabetics By Lisa Kimball, MS3
	Free School Physicals to Children of Qualifying Families in DuPage County By Jamil Dihu, MS3
	Overweight/Obesity: specific concerns for the Southern Asian community and  cultural influences on diet and exercise. By Amy Lloyd, MS3
	Physical Activity Resources for Various Patient Profiles By Brian Peterson, MS3