Roughly 86,000 Chicagoans are experiencing homelessness and a solution is clear: a dedicated revenue stream to expand housing subsidy programs and supportive services. Join members of the Bring Chicago Home coalition in a conversation on addressing Chicago’s homelessness crisis. Seminar Date and Time Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT Location 1735 … Continue reading Bring Chicago Home: A Solution to Chicago’s Homelessness Crisis
Priorities of Adverse Community Experiences, Trauma, and Resilience in Greater Englewood
The Englewood and West Englewood (Greater Englewood) communities on the South Side of Chicago experience disparities in health outcomes and low life expectancies. Structural violence and trauma are associated with poor health outcomes. The Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience (ACE/R) framework is a useful tool to engage low-income communities experiencing structural violence, trauma, and community … Continue reading Priorities of Adverse Community Experiences, Trauma, and Resilience in Greater Englewood
Health Equity & Social Justice Conference 2019
The 12th annual Health Equity & Social Justice (HESJ) Conference was held on August 5, 2019, at Malcolm X College in Chicago. The conference was hosted by DePaul University’s Master of Public Health Program and the Center for Community Health Equity. Keynote Speakers Sharon Homan, PhD, MS President of the Sinai Urban Health Institute Place-Based … Continue reading Health Equity & Social Justice Conference 2019
Addressing High Blood Pressure through a Community Health Worker Intervention in Westside Chicago Churches
This talk on May 28, 2019, will describe the development of a community-based participatory research project in partnership with African American churches on the West Side to improve health equity. Focusing on the development and evolution of the community partnership process and the design and recruitment process for a church-based blood pressure intervention. Registration for … Continue reading Addressing High Blood Pressure through a Community Health Worker Intervention in Westside Chicago Churches
‘What’s really in my drugs?’: Early experiences of establishing a real-time, street-based illicit drug-checking service in Chicago
Greg Scott DePaul University Chicago Recovery Alliance Lydia Karch CDC Foundation Seminar date: March 12, 2019 View the presentation slides.