Jean Harty, M.D.

Interests:

• Promoting literacy in early childhood;
• Building healthy relationships between parents and their children through reading.
• "Low literacy is the single factor with the highest correlation to poor health in our country. Reach Out and Read, a national research-based program in healthcare settings, addresses this issue head-on. Doctors and nurses promote early literacy skills by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room, and volunteers model reading techniques for parents. The goal in for children to enter school with a love of books and skills in place for successful learning."
  -Jean Harty, M.D.