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childhood cancer, instill healthy habits in children that could prevent the development of adult cancer, and increase children's overall interest in science and scientific careers. The pilot program contained three educational modules: Cells (presented as the basic unit of life), Cancer (presented as a disease of unhealthy cells) and
Healthy Living (presented as practices for cancer prevention such as proper nutrition, safe sun exposure, tobacco control and appropriate physical activity). The Cure4Kids for Kids web site provides cancer education for children in elementary school. For each module, St. Jude provides a teacher's guide, children's book, activity book, in-class presentation and activities related to the topic. The Cure4Kids for Kids teacher website was developed to support teachers delivering cancer and healthy living education. The Cure4Kids for Kids websites have been viewed over 76,000 times by 11,000 users in 121 countries.
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Oncopedia with expert commentary from our editorial board, and then opened for online moderated discussion. Registered Cure4Kids users can interact online with other users and the editorial board by posting opinions and questions about the content. All material can be freely used and downloaded for reference and educational purposes. Oncopedia combines the open participatory features of collaborative Web sites such as
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Medical Website award for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development at the 14th Annual Web Awards. In 2009 Cure4Kids received the Gold Award in the Best Health/Healthcare Content in the Strategic e-Healthcare Awards. In 2008 Cure4Kids won the Gold W3 Web Award in Education Category. In 2007 Cure4Kids was selected as an official honoree for the health category at the 12th Annual Webby Awards.
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As of May 1, 2012, Cure4Kids had more than 31,000 registered users (including doctors, nurses and other health professionals) in 183 countries. Since its inception in 2002, Cure4Kids users have accessed or downloaded individual content items more than 5.7 million times. Over 300 international groups
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