1. Chicago Department of Public Health
Students for Healthy Chicago
November 30, 2012
Bechara Choucair, MD
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Public Health
@choucair on
Rahm Emanuel Bechara Choucair, MD
Mayor Commissioner

6. HEALTHY CHICAGO
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
TRANSFORMING THE
HEALTH OF OUR CITY
CHICAGO ANSWERS THE CALL

7. A Comprehensive Public Health Agenda
A blueprint for action to create:
• Healthy City
• Healthy Neighborhoods
• Healthy Homes
• Healthy People

10. Students for Healthy Chicago
• Mission statement: • Various stripes:
– “to bring together – Medical students
and nurture like- – Journalism students
minded students of – Law/Policy students
various stripes to
effect positive change
in the public health
arena of Chicago”

11. 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

12. MEDICAL STUDENTS
• Healthy Vending
• HIV Opt-Out Testing
• Healthy Texting
• Smoke-free Campuses

13. LAW/POLICY STUDENTS
• John Marshall Law School
• Northwestern University School of Law
• University of Chicago GPHAP
– Graduate Program in Health Administration and
Policy

14. Healthy Chicago Policies

15. Policy Accomplishments
Breast Feeding
• 12 Chicago hospitals have
entered the pathway to
become Baby Friendly
• Increased WIC support for
breastfeeding through
lactation counselor training

16. Policy Accomplishments
Child 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

17. Policy Accomplishments
Tobacco Prevention
• 1638 units of private
smoke-free housing
• 4 CHA smoke-free
developments
• 750 undercover stings
for illegal sales to
minors

18. 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

19. 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

20. Policy Accomplishments
School 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

21. 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

22. Healthy Chicago Programs

23. 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

24. Program Accomplishments
Immunizations
Increase immunization rates for Percent of children aged 12-18 months enrolled in WIC
with 3:2:2 immunization series
children in WIC 100%
National award for immunization
improvement - past two years 75%
Distribute 1.2 million vaccines
50%
through VFC program
Conduct activities to promote 25%
adolescent immunizations
•HPV priority of Healthy Chicago 0%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Agenda
2011 2012 Target

25. 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

26. Program Accomplishments
Maternal and Child Home Visits
16,000 Nursing Home visits (2011)

27. Program Accomplishments: Lead
50,594 6mo-35mo olds screened for blood lead poisoning

28. Program Accomplishments:
Promoting Oral Health among
Children
112, 332 CPS
students
received an
oral health
exam during
2010/2011
school year

29. Education and Public Awareness

30. Education: Raise Public Awareness
• Breastfeeding
• Food Access
• Smoke-free environments
• Vaccines

31. Education Accomplishments
Obesity

32. Education Accomplishments
Tobacco Prevention

33. Education Accomplishments
A growing number of youth express no interest in
smoking, or are trying to quit.

34. Education Accomplishments
Vaccine Preventable Illnesses

35. Education Accomplishments
Communicable 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

36. JOURNALISM STUDENTS
• Northwestern University Medill School of
Journalism

38. “Where have I seen that before?”
Well, actually, you’ve probably seen it all over the place. It’s the new flu vaccine campaign public service
announcement from the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Perhaps you’ve seen it on a Chicago billboard. Maybe you’ve seen it on a CTA train, platform, bus, or bus
shelter. More recently, you may have seen it on one of several Neighbor Carts throughout Chicago.
The “Neighbor Carts” project is Neighbor Capital’s new social purpose business. The carts provide fresh
and affordable produce in otherwise underserved areas. Also, the carts provide ownership opportunities
for unemployed and underemployed individuals.
Neighbor Cart at the Damen Ave. Blue Line stop displaying the
Strengthening the social fabric of CDPH’s “Get A Flu Shot” banner.
communities and providing healthy fruits
and vegetables are concepts that the
Chicago Department of Public Health can
really get behind!
How can the Neighbor Carts possibly get
any better? How about we slap our “Get A
Flu Shot” banner on there?
While the flu may only make an otherwise
healthy person mildly ill for a few days, the
flu can prove fatal for others in the
community. That’s why it’s important for
everyone to get vaccinated (watch Dr.
Choucair talk more about the flu).
To find out how to get your flu shot, you
should call your doctor, your pharmacy, or
311. Also, a list of CDPH-sponsored flu
clinics is available for download.

42. 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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