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Newsletter
Do you know that the Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition has a newsletter? Each month we compile a long list of flier and documents of events going on throughout the month. Periodically (each week) we send out a new issue informing you of the events going on. Events include anything from health fairs, to fundraisers, to family activities that you can participate in. The Newsletter is based soley on user contribution as everything we feature in it is sent from people like you.
To subscribe to our newsletter please send your name and email to chhc@chicagohispanichealthcoalition.org with “Newsletter Subscription”in the subject header.
If you would like have any events featured in our newsletter please email us at the above email address also. We would like to remind you however that due to a large ammount of contributions it is not possible to feature all submissions in an issue. We assure you, however, that we will do our best to find room for every submission even if it has to be featured in a later issue. On a final note, we can’t accomadate any job postings as there are simply too many to keep up with.
Regards,
CHHC
Illinois Womens Health Registry
Why do some diseases affect women more than men? Why do women respond to some drugs and treatment therapies differently than men? What environmental factors and behaviors most influence women’s health?
We don’t know. But we want to find out. And we need your help.
Please take the time to join the Illinois Women’s Health Registry and help us gain a better understanding of women’s health issues in Illinois. The Registry questionnaire can be completed a little at a time, so start filling out yours today! For more information about the Illinois Women’s Health Registry visit https://whr.northwestern.edu/en/web/more_about
To visit the website in Spanish please click the following link : https://whr.northwestern.edu/es
Join the Fight Against Unnecessary Childhood Obesity
The Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition is proud to join Corporate Accountability International in its fight to get McDonald’s to stop marketing unhealthy food to kids through an open letter. Over 550 health professionals and health institutions signed on from all over the U.S including the CHHC. The letter was released on May 18th to the public and a press event was held to draw attention to it’s letter and the message. Esther along with other figures in the public health movement spoke at the event, the turnout was big. The letter was ran on the front page through major McDonalds scaled back on its use of Ronald McDonald in adds to lure kids into eating their unhealthy, processed food.
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Many news sources have also written articles about the letter and have included mentions of the CHHC. If you are interested in reading an article published by the Wall Street Journal, please click the link directly below.
-The Wall Street Journal
Couch Potatoes
Earlier this year, Esther Sciammarella was mentioned and quoted in an article, by the Chicago Tribune, about the obesity rates and inactivities rates of areas in and around Chicago. The article is a very interesting read and offers new perspectives as to why people don’t work out, and to why people eat the way they do.
The article can be accessed free of charge here. (Click link)
Gift of Hope
Gift of Hope is a non-profit organization that “coordinates organ and tissue donation and supports families of donors in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and northwest Indiana.”
For more information visit there website at www.giftofhope.org or www.giftofhope.org/espanol (for Spanish translation.)
Their Youtube channel, that’s mostly in Spanish, but contains a lot of information about organ donations, can be found by clicking the following link www.youtube.com/user/yoquierodonar.
Finally, users connected with Facebook can view there Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gift-of-Hope-Red-de-Donantes-de-%C3%93rganos-y-Tejidos/134170593288493
“¡Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving!”
The Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition (CHHC) cordially invites you to participate and become a sponsor in our 4th Annual National Event entitled, “¡Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving!” (VTVGUGM) campaign on Saturday, May 15th , 2010 from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. at McKinley Park-Field house, located at 2210 West Pershing Road, Chicago, IL. 60609. Last year’s event had nearly 500 registered participants, and this year we plan to bring together over 600 enthusiastic participants.
This event is designed to promote physical activity for better health. This is our fourth Chicago event of what will be an annual event to promote family physical activity. We would like to invite your organization, company or business, to collaborate with us in our efforts to reach out to the Chicago Hispanic community. The purpose of CHHC is the coordination of services to address health disparities in the Hispanic communities. The daylong event is co-sponsored by the “National Alliance for Hispanic Health” (NAHH) and is being launched locally by ten Hispanic community-based organizations (CBOs) around the country.
Currently the Hispanic communities are facing an epidemic of obesity-related diseases. Unhealthy lifestyles and the lack of physical activities has led to a prevalence of obesity (Center of Disease Control -CDC, 2005). This prevalence for Hispanic men and women in the year 2000 was 75% and 71%. Obesity is associated with increases in death from all causes which costs the U.S. 75 billion dollars in the year of 2003. This data provides only a glimpse of what will occur in the future with the 45% of Hispanic children being overweight. Health is achieved by lifestyle changes that are supported by community programs and environments. By working together and only together will these trends be overturned.
Please consider sponsoring the 4th Annual National Event entitled, “¡Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving! Campaign at one of the levels mentioned in the enclosed sponsorship package. The keen insight of your expertise would provide valuable knowledge and services to our Hispanic community residents. Choosing to be involved with this event as a sponsor gives you many tangible benefits such as increased visibility and goodwill (see enclosed information sheet). Please fill out the attached form that is located inside this package.
Thank you for considering this sponsorship opportunity. We also welcome In-Kind Donations!! We would enjoy collaborating with you on this very important initiative. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Esther Sciammarella, the director or the Program Manager Jacqueline González, at CHHC, via telephone at 312.842.2340 or via e-mail at chhc@chicagohispanichealthcoalition.org
We would love to have you on board and join us in the effort for this event.
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Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO)
The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO) is comprised of over 200 different groups who all share a common goal to find a solution to obsesity. http://www.preventobesityil.org/index.html