(Delaware Public Media)
Westside Family Healthcare releases a children’s book to encourage childhood literacy.
Captain Westside and the Health Heroes: Caring for Delaware’s Families! was unveiled at Wilmington Public Library Wednesday.
It tells the story of a girl named Carmen going to the doctor’s office and learning about the forms of care doctors provide, from routine check-ups to dental care to mental health maintenance.
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Westside plans to initially distribute 6,000 books through the National Reach Out and Read Program, which provides books to children as a part of their routine check-ups.
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“It’s about not only what happens in an exam room between a provider or clinician, a pediatrician and a patient and a family, but what goes beyond the exam room,” Kyu Rhee (President of the National Association of Community Health Centers) said. “It’s almost like a literacy shot. So the investment we’re making, these literary vaccinations, to promote literacy and prevent illiteracy, the impact is so important.”
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