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Reach out…and readSuddenly, it’s easier to see why your pediatricianmight “prescribe” reading for your child. Andthat’s just what Intermountain’s clinicians do,through our Reach Out and Read program.At each routine well-child visit through age five,pediatricians give their young patients an ageappropriatebook. They also demonstrate forparents how to read to their children, modelingthe importance of regular, nurturing readingsessions together.The program is led by Dr. Neal Davis, medicaldirector of Pediatrics. He explains, “Kids thriveon routine. If we can jump-start their habit ofreading, the benefits will be lifelong. This mightnot sound like healthcare, but it’s just one ofthe many ways that Intermountain is gettingupstream to influence health andsolve problems before they start, toengage people in their own health and wellbeing.To us, ‘health’ is a little word witha much bigger meaning.”Dr. Davis’s books certainly did the trick forbrothers La’Mont and Carter, according to theirmom, Ebony Jiminez. “Before, La’Mont wouldn’tnecessarily care to pick up a book at home. Nowwe have a bookshelf full of them. He’s boostedhis reading skill levels and passed his end-of-yearreading test with flying colors, compared to thebeginning of the year when he was reading atkindergarten level. Now it’s him and Carter everynight, with two different books of their own. I’ma proud and lucky mom.”
“Kids thrive on routine. If we can jump-start theirhabit of reading, the benefits will be lifelong…it’sjust one of the many ways that Intermountain isgetting upstream to influence health and solveproblems before they start…”—Dr. Neal Davis, Medical Director of Pediatrics
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