Hosted by the DePaul Master of Public Health program and the Center for Community Health Equity.

Our 2017 conference, held at the DePaul Loop Campus on August 8, 2017, focused on the public health/health equity work being done by government agencies, community organizations, healthcare systems, and universities in the context of an uncertain political climate.

Keynote Speaker​

Dr. Evan Lyon

Chief Integrated Health Officer at Heartland Health Outreach

Dr. Lyon is the Chief Integrated Health Officer at Heartland Health Outreach serving the primary care, behavioral health, psychiatric, and oral health needs of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

His academic interests encompass global health, human rights scholarship and advocacy, social medicine, prisoner health, and medical education. He has collaborated with Partners In Health in Haiti and at other sites for more than 20 years. Dr. Lyon is an advocate, researcher, and author on health and human rights. He is on the board of the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago and is a contributing editor at the academic journal “Health and Human Rights.” Dr. Lyon is the lead faculty on a University of Chicago funded project to advance “Rights-based Approaches to Tuberculosis” in collaboration with the Law School.

​Presentations

When available, presentations are linked as PDF files.

Opening Keynote

• Human Rights, Health Equity, and Working for Justice
  • Evan Lyon, MD, Chief Integrated Health Officer, Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago, IL

​Breakout Session I

• Poster Session I
  1. Exploring Progress Since the Olmstead Decision: Results from the ADA PARC Interviews with People with Disabilities Transitioning from Institutional to Community Living (A.J. Sheth, S. Berry, A. Angell, L. Goodman, & J. Hammel)
  2. Addressing Asthma Disparities within Chicago through Placed-based Interventions (A. Weiler & A. O’Rourke)
  3. Advancing the Public Health Information System: Housing Status and Health Data Integration in the Emergency Department (A. Freeman)
  4. BUILDing a Trauma-Informed Community within Austin by Addressing Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue (B. Lemon)
  5. The Health Legacy Program for Women: One Woman, One Family, and One Community at a Time (A. Mansker, E. Chin, & D. Mitchem)
  6. Tool to Assess Opportunities to Augment Health Literacy & Culturally Responsive Components of Research Design (G. Robles-Schrader, A. Sipocz, E. Cordero, & G. Curry)
  7. The Impact of 2013 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Elementary School Closings on Community-Level Health System Utilization (H. Herten & R. Shah)
  8. “There is Nothing More Powerful than the Tramp, Tramp of Marching Feet”: Stimulating Community Investment through Asset-Based Community-Engaged 5k Walk/Run Planning (K. Fruin)
  9. Support for the ACT Model: Care Management in a Medicaid Population (K. Swartwout)
  10. CORE Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI): Using Community Input to Implement Successful Programming (K. Burke, J. Catrambone, W. Rebolledo, M. Bahk, & O. Adeyemi)
  11. Health and Harm Reduction: A Needs Assessment of Women at the Chicago Recovery Alliance (L. Ebeling & S. Carlberg-Racich)
  12. Establishment of an Innovative Social Justice and Health Equity Leadership Elective for First Year Medical Students (R. Dhawan)
  13. Integration of Primary Care and Public Health to Improve Adult Obesity Management (T. Havalad, H. Cygan, & C. Koop)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Criminalization of People of Color as a Barrier to Diversifying the Health Workforce (S. Powell, S. Nzinga-Johnson, & T. Ford)
  2. Examining the Cook County Safety Net: A Health Equity Perspective (W. Epplin, T. Ford, & S. Nzinga-Johnson)
  3. Essential to Health Equity: Dismantling and Redressing Structural Racism (W. Epplin, T. Ford, S. Nzinga-Johnson, & R. Alvarez)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Electronic Health Records and Their Role in the Collaborative Care Team for Depression Intervention (H. Thompson)
  2. EMR Implementation at Franciscan Homeless Shelter (S. Ross)
  3. From Grade School to a Career in Health: Strengthening the Pipeline through Service (S. Gates)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. The Anatomy of a Medical-Legal Partnership/Public Health Driven Legislative Campaign: Charter School Health and Safety (A. Zimmerman)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Using Geographic Information Systems for Health Research: Mapping and Analyzing Health Data (E. Hague, N. Gulasingam, & C. Follett)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Team-Based Approach to Improving Population Health (C. Vergara, J. Torres, P. Seguil)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Establishing a System for Effective Program Evaluation and Organizational Learning (D. Schober)
• Community Partner Information Exchange and Networking Forum (J. Dirkes)

Breakout Session II

• Art Exhibit
  1. Working Mothers of Chicago: An Exploration of Lived Experiences (A. Shah, C. DeMarco, L. Ebeling, & S. Carlberg-Racich)
• Oral Presentations
  1. A Glimpse of the Future: Integrating State of the Art HCV Testing and Treatment into Harm Reduction Outreach (D. Bigg & S. Carlberg-Racich)
  2. Research Ethics and Photovoice with Stigmatized Communities: Perceptions of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness (S. Carlberg-Racich & N. Pallas)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Voices of Health Equity in Chicago: A Qualitative Archive (F. De Maio, R. Shah, C. Joblin, A. Miller, R. Patino, J. Ibrahim Puri, S. Wozniak, J. Mazzeo, & D. Ansell)
  2. Review of Health Equity Research in Chicago, 2016 (S. Auger & R. Shah)
• Master of Public Health Program Information Session (J. Mazzeo)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Evaluating Breast Cancer Facilities by Assessing the Relationship between Proportion of Onsite Radiologists and Numbers of Illinois Quality Benchmarks Achieved (D. Sighoko, H.C. Huang, D. Ansell, & A.M. Murphy)
  2. Eleven Year Decrease in Invasive Breast Cancer Incidence among NHW Women 50+ years, SEER 1973-2014 (D. Sighoko, B. Irrizary, D. Ansell, & A.M. Murphy)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Improving Patient Outcomes for Childhood Obesity through a Coordinated System of Care (A. Carvlin, G. Rodriguez, & M. Elsner)
  2. Change in Food and Beverage Availability and Marketing in Rockford, IL after the Introduction of a Healthy Food Financing Initiative Supported Supermarket (C. Singleton, Y. Li, A. Odoms-Young, S. Zenk, & L. Powell)

Breakout Session III

• Poster Session II
  1. Black and White Social Gradients in Obesity and Diabetes: Evidence from the 2014/15 Healthy Chicago Survey (A. Leiva)
  2. COPD Advocates Lend their Voices for Policy Change (A. O’Rourke, J. Kustwin, & M. Maloney)
  3. Childhood Lead Poisoning: Advocating for Automatic Eligibility for Early Intervention Services (A. Zimmerman, N. Hamp, & N. Leighton)
  4. Comparing the Effectiveness of a Postpartum Depression Intervention between Mental Health Professionals and Paraprofessionals (A. Degillio, J. Solano, J. Jensen, & D. Tandon)
  5. Media Narratives of Violence (B. King & R. Levin)
  6. Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) People of Color in Shared Decision-Making with Healthcare Providers about Intimate Partner Violence (F. Y. Lopez et al.)
  7. Social Gradients in Psychological Distress by Race/Ethnicity in the 2014/15 Healthy Chicago Surveys (F. De Maio, E. LaFlamme, B. Lange-Maia, J. Hirshtick, R. Shah, P. Held, N. Prachand, & D. Ansell)
  8. Evaluating the Impact of Stakeholder-Academic Resources Panels in Promoting Culturally Responsive Research and Influencing Community Engagement within Research (G. Robles-Schrader, J. Serrato, & M. Fagen)
  9. Paraprofessional Approach Towards Reducing Postpartum Depression in Low Income Women (J. Solano & I. Muñoz)
  10. Optimizing Student Learning, Assessment, and Management: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health (K. Sheehan & T. Bartell)
  11. Creating Social Change: A Case Study of How a Community Coalition Expanded the Safety Net at a Historic Moment for Health Care Reform (T. Bartell)
  12. Health System Utilization for Substance Use Disorder (K. Rooney & R. Shah)
  13. Westside Walk to Wellness: Walk with a Doc Program in Garfield Park (K. Obiakor)
  14. Evaluating the Role and Use of Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in Photovoice Research (N. Pallas & S. Carlberg-Racich)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Meet People Where They’re At: Partnering with the Chicago Housing Authority to Address Disparities in Adult Tobacco Use (L. Sanker, E. Zadikoff, A. Lehocky, & A. Teitelman)
  2. Lead Health Fair at BUILD Chicago (J. Montgomery, J. Lippert, & C. DeMarco)
  3. The Who, What, Where, and Huh? of Retail Tobacco Sellers in Chicago: A Community-by-Community Look at Tobacco Retail Density in Chicago and Its Impact on Tobacco Control (T. Fraley)
• Oral Presentations
  1. A Community Health Worker Intervention to Address Oral Health in Cook County (A. Sandoval, A. Diaz, G. Alvarez, J. Landa, & M. Martin)
  2. Using an Anchor Strategy to Create Economically Vibrant Neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side (D. Ansell, X. Johnson, & S. Ubhayakar)
  3. Community Partnerships to Provide Better Care for Our Patients (V. Chakravarthy & E. Hendel)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Population Health through an Equity Lens: Opportunities, Challenges, and Experiences in Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Promote Health Equity (B. Lange-Maia, P. Patel, S. Rothschild, E. Lynch)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Flipping the Script: Collaboration & Community Engagement on Social Determinants of Health (K. Ameji & M. Reina)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Community-Driven Mental Health Needs Assessment for Community Action (A. Carrillo)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Changing Program Development to Include Vulnerable and Underserved Groups (N. Karnik, H. Thompson, & R. Golden)

Breakout Session IV

• Art Exhibit
  1. Call to Action: A Visual Phenomenology of Stigma (S. Carlberg-Racich & N. Pallas)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Leave No Homie Behind: A Peer Education Approach to Urban Health Justice (A. Day Davis)
  2. LGBTQ&A: The Aging Project Defining Access, Needs, and Barriers Among LGBTQ Older Adults in Cook County (K. Rice, C. Niemet, & A Durbin)
• Oral Presentations
  1. CHAT Program: Addressing Sexual Health disparities through a School-Based, Youth-Informed Initiative (E. Perez)
  2. To Plant a Gardeneer is to Believe in Tomorrow: A Collective Case Study of a Chicago Community-Based Organization Focused on Health Education Through School Gardens (K. Day, M. Tsupros, & D. Schober)
• Center for Community Health Equity Information Session (F. De Maio & R. Shah)
• Creative Media Display
  1. Illness Narratives: Exploring the Chronic Disease Experience in Caring for a Vulnerable Population (L. Shaull)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Examining the Nativity Gap in Low Birth Weight between U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women (K. Stewart)
  2. The Health Legacy Program for Women: Reducing Health Disparities: One Woman, One Family, and One Community at a Time (R. Pratts, D. Mitchem, A. Mansker, & E. Chin)

Closing Panel

• Just What the Doctor Ordered? Physician Perspectives on Single Payer (E. Hall)