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WHYY: Pennsylvania pediatricians want to help improve child literacy rates by ‘prescribing’ books at health visits
As Reach Out and Read Pennsylvania expands, even more families will be able to access books and early literacy support through the pediatric care they already trust. WHYY News spoke with Medical Director Dr. Trude Haecker about how the Affiliate’s growth will help train more clinicians and create opportunities to reach families in rural areas […]
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Reach Out and Read sits at the intersection of health and education and plays a unique and vital role in a public health framework that addresses the disparities in an existing continuum of family support. We have deep connections across the pediatric community, a model that supports a constructive relationship between clinicians and families and […]
“We love having Reach Out and Read at our site. We get positive feedback from providers, staff and families.” Mercy Health Rockford Clinic We are thrilled to share that, effective next year, Reach Out and Read West Michigan is officially expanding its Affiliate’s presence to serve all sites across the state of Michigan and will […]
Over the last three years, Reach Out and Read has supported the widescale promotion of Early Relational Health (ERH) through training that equips pediatric primary care communities to promote positive parent/caregiver-child interactions through early literacy. In 2019, Reach Out and Read recognized our value in promoting ERH and launched our Next Chapter strategy to maximize […]
Reach Out and Read in Oregon and Washington have unified regionally as Reach Out and Read Northwest. With more than 400,000 well-child visits in the Northwest provided annually, the leaders in the Pacific Northwest have come together to share resources and serve more families with greater efficiency. This unification recognizes the ways in which Northwest […]
When delivered with fidelity, providers find Reach Out and Read to be a useful, efficient intervention that streamlines their clinical practices and improves well-child visit attendance. Increased well-child visit attendance and increased developmental assessment improve the early detection, referral, and treatment of developmental delay in young children. Increased compliance with well-child visit attendance is of […]