Accomplishments

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• Resource Guide to Preventative Health Services in the Hispanic Community – 1st and 2nd editions
• Weekly electronic newsletter sent to 600+ network members

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• Flu Shots / Immunizations
• All Kids Enrollment
• Smoking Cessation
• Medicare Preventative Services
• Medicare Part D counseling and enrollment
• Vision Screening
• Door to Door Outreach
• Exercise Programs
• Domestic Violence Outreach
• Infant car seat outreach and distribution
• Art therapy for children with asthma (with UIC School of Public Health)

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• Diabetes
• Mental Health
• General Hispanic Health Issues
• Lead Exposure
• Tobacco
• Mercury Exposure (with CDC)
• Healthcare Reform
• Cancer
• Nutrition/Exercise
• Folic Acid
• Eye Health
• Heart attack symptoms for women
• Breast cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Clean air and health

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• Asthma
• Smoking Cessation
• Chronic Disease Management
• Sexual Health for Women
• Diabetes
• Heart Health

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• 4 Week Training on Methodologies for Low-Literacy Hispanic Adults
• 8 Week Breast Feeding Training
• 13 Week Basic Training
• Youth Violence Prevention
• Nutrition

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• Cultural and Language Competence
• Spanish
• How to use the Media for Health Education

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• Cultural and Language Competence
• Spanish
• How to use the Media for Health Education
• Educational / Outreach Events
• Each June – ¡Vive to Vida! Get Up! Get Moving! -event at McKinley Park, attended by over 2000 local residents. Focus is on healthy eating and exercise.
• Consumer – oriented conferences on topics such as general health, again, violence, nutrition, mental health, arthritis, air pollution, etc.
• Each year: The Coalition assists at many health fairs sponsored by churches, schools, elected officials, and other organizations. The Coalition provides information, speakers,and referrals.

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• Hispanic Outreach Initiative on Cardiovascular Health ( with National Alliance for Hispanic Health)
• PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) Survey
• Mercury in the Hispanic Community( with CDC, National Alliance of Community Health Organizations)
• South Lawndale Health Promotional Project (with Chicago Department of Community Health Organizations)
• Recruiter for Hispanic Chronic Renal Insufficieny Study (with UIC)

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• Hispanic Outreach Initiative on Cardiovascular Health ( with National Alliance for Hispanic Health)
• PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) Survey
• Mercury in the Hispanic Community( with CDC, National Alliance of Community Health Organizations)
• South Lawndale Health Promotional Project (with Chicago Department of Community Health Organizations)
• Recruiter for Hispanic Chronic Renal Insufficieny Study (with UIC)

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CHHC Executive Director serves on:
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• Diabetes Task Force of the National Kidney Foundation
• Rehabilitation Psychology Program of the Illinois Institute of Technology School of Psychology – Program Advisory Committee
• Community Advisory Committee on CHIP – State of Illinois
• Public Education Subcommittee of the Medicaid Advisory Committee of the Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services

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• UIC School of Public Health
• Mexican Consulate
• Elected Officials – Municipal, Country, State
• Latino Family Institute
• Chicago Department of Public Health
• Illinois Department of Public Health
• National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
• AARP
• LULAC
• Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities at UIC- Advisory Board
• Chicago Area Immunization Campaign
• Hispanic Provider’s Council
• University of Minnesota Deparment of Psychology study on addiction in school children

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• Periodic meetings with US Department of Health and Human Services Region 5 leadership, Surgeon General’s office, Chicago Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Public Health; collaboration with Latino Policy Forum, MALDEF, Chicago Hispanic Health Leadership Team, Minority Health Council, other regional stakeholders addressing Hispanic health issues through program design and recommendations, resource allocation, etc

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• HCHS/SOL
  The CHHC Director is also the chair of the community advisory committee of The Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) is a multi-center epidemiologic study in Hispanic/Latino populations to determine the role of acculturation in the prevalence and development of disease, and to identify risk factors playing a protective or harmful role in Hispanics/Latinos. The study is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and six other institutes, centers, and offices of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• IAPO 
  The primary goal of the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity is to ensure that trends in obesity in Illinois are stable by 2015 and moving downward by 2018. Through public education and direct-action organizing, the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity seeks to:• Propose new and bold solutions to the obesity epidemic through coordinated and comprehensive policy, systems, and environmental changes.

  • Build a visible statewide movement to reduce obesity.
  • Raise obesity reduction and prevention to the top of the policy and public health agendas.
  • Disseminate and promote best practices and current information

 

 

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