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Bechara Choucair, MDCommissioner

Students for Healthy Chicago

November 30, 2012

Bechara Choucair, MDCommissioner

Chicago Department of Public Health @choucair on

HEALTHY CHICAGOCHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

TRANSFORMING THE HEALTH OF OUR CITYCHICAGO ANSWERS THE CALL

A Comprehensive Public Health Agenda

A blueprint for action to create:

• Healthy City

• Healthy Neighborhoods

• Healthy Homes

• Healthy People

Students for Healthy Chicago

• Mission statement:– “to bring together

and nurture like-minded students of various stripes to effect positive change in the public health arena of Chicago”

• Various stripes:– Medical students– Journalism students– Law/Policy students

MEDICAL STUDENTS

• Rush University Medical Center• Loyola University Stritch SOM• Northwestern University Feinberg SOM• The University of Chicago Pritzker SOM• University of Illinois at Chicago COM

MEDICAL STUDENTS

• Healthy Vending• HIV Opt-Out Testing• Healthy Texting• Smoke-free Campuses

LAW/POLICY STUDENTS

• John Marshall Law School• Northwestern University School of Law• University of Chicago GPHAP

– Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy

Healthy Chicago Policies

Policy AccomplishmentsBreast Feeding

• 12 Chicago hospitals have entered the pathway to become Baby Friendly

• Increased WIC support for breastfeeding through lactation counselor training

Policy AccomplishmentsChild Care Standards

• Standards for nutrition, physical activity and screen time

• 90 trainings reached 1,400 day care center providers

• All licensed day care centers are adopting standards, which as of 12/20/11 was 743 centers

Policy Accomplishments Tobacco Prevention

• 1638 units of private smoke-free housing

• 4 CHA smoke-free developments

• 750 undercover stings for illegal sales to minors

Policy Accomplishments Tobacco Prevention

• All City Colleges & Roosevelt University• 4 more hospitals are now smoke-free• Catholic schools smoke-free• The Y of Metro Chicago expanded its smoke-free policy

at four of its residential facilities with a commitment to be 100 percent smoke free by October 2012

Policy Accomplishments Tobacco Prevention

• State Cigarette tax increase of $1.00• Tobacco vending machines are no longer permitted in

Chicago• “Roll Your Own” cigarette tobacco machines will now be

taxed at the same rate as cigarettes  • 5 Chicago drug treatment centers have implemented

smoke-free campuses.• Over 30 Chicago FQHCs have implemented the Ask,

Advise and Refer model providing over 104,000 patients to be screened for tobacco use

Policy AccomplishmentsSchool Health

• Established Office of Adolescent and School Health • Hired CPS Chief Health Officer• Expanded STI screening in CPS schools• Improved nutritional standards for school meals• 56 schools certified by Healthier

US School Challenge• Comprehensive obesity report

on CPS students to be

released

Policy Accomplishments Obesity

• Urban agriculture ordinance passed

• Healthy vending contract for City

• Healthy Produce Carts

• Healthy Corner Stores

• Healthy YMCA policies

• Healthy Procurement Executive Order for all City

Agencies, in development

Healthy Chicago Programs

Program Accomplishments Obesity

• Fresh Moves

• Grant Partnership with U of C - Diabetes Translational

Research

• Awarded $800,000 to 10 CBO’s to increase healthy

options in corner stores, support breast feeding education

and implement healthy changes in schools

Program Accomplishments Immunizations

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

Percent of children aged 12-18 months enrolled in WIC with 3:2:2 immunization series

2011 2012 Target

Increase immunization rates for children in WIC

National award for immunization improvement - past two years

Distribute 1.2 million vaccines through VFC program

Conduct activities to promote adolescent immunizations

•HPV priority of Healthy Chicago Agenda

Program Accomplishments Adolescent Health

• STI screenings – 8,592 educated; 5,778 screened (FY12 to date)

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative – 4500 students received curriculum and supports

(FY12)

• Teen dating violence prevention – 5000 youth and parents*

*anticipated 2012-2016

Program AccomplishmentsMaternal and Child Home Visits

16,000 Nursing Home visits (2011)

Program Accomplishments: Lead

50,594 6mo-35mo olds screened for blood lead poisoning

Program Accomplishments: Promoting Oral Health among

Children

112, 332 CPS students received an oral health exam during 2010/2011 school year

Education and Public Awareness

Education: Raise Public Awareness

• Breastfeeding• Food Access• Smoke-free environments• Vaccines

Education Accomplishments Obesity

Education AccomplishmentsTobacco Prevention

Education AccomplishmentsA growing number of youth express no interest in

smoking, or are trying to quit.

Education AccomplishmentsVaccine Preventable Illnesses

Education AccomplishmentsCommunicable Disease Control

• ICAAP training partnership with Providers to increase immunization coverage

• 47 TB prevention and treatment Education session delivered to healthcare providers and the public

JOURNALISM STUDENTS

• Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism

Coming Soon

• Asthma Initiative • Bicycle helmets• Healthy CPS Action Plan• PlayStreets• Obesity report on CPS students• Lactation rooms in City buildings• Seek funding for school-based adolescent vaccine

program• Expand school based health centers• New wellness policy for CPS

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