1. Chicago Department of Public Health
The First 16 Months: Building a
Foundation of Partnerships and Policy
Bechara Choucair, MD
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Public Health
@chipublichealth
#HealthyChicago
Rahm Emanuel Bechara Choucair, MD
Mayor Commissioner

2. March 2010 June 2011 August 2011

4. Tobacco Use

5. Tobacco Use
Smoke-Free Campuses
 3 Colleges / Universities
 5 Hospitals
 6 Behavioral health orgs
 Four CHA developments

6. Tobacco Use
Joint Enforcement

7. Obesity Prevention
 27 miles of buffer and protected bike lanes
 2 miles of other on-street bikeways
 7 bridges made bicycle friendly
 500 new bike racks installed

8. Obesity Prevention
 13 licensed carts operating
 30 vendors trained
 10 new jobs created
 30 carts planned for 2013

9. Obesity Prevention

10. Heart Disease & Stroke
 National prevention effort
 CPR training for students
 Employee wellness initiative (38,000)

11. HIV Prevention
Integrated services planning to:
 Strengthen prevention
 Increase linkage & retention to care
 Increase treatment access

12. HIV Prevention
More HIV+ MSM are
 Aware of HIV status
 Accessing care
 Taking HIV medication

13. Adolescent Health
 CPS hires chief health officer
 Dually reports to CDPH
 CDPH creates Adolescent and
School Health Office

14. Adolescent Health
 Revised Wellness Policy
 Competitive Foods Policy
 Expanded STI Screening
 $26M New grants
• CTG – Healthy CPS
• Teen Dating Matters
• Teen Pregnancy
• Farm to School
• Wellness Champions

15. Cancer Disparities
 Outreach to CHA residents
 Partnerships to expand access
 Quality improvement initiatives
 Upgraded mammography machines
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Chicago

16. Access to Care
 City partners with 7 FQHCs
 Continued care for 28,000
 1115 Waiver granted
 CDPH public health services
remain

17. Access to Care
 City mental health sites consolidated to 6
 Capacity for 4,000 clients preserved
 750 new clients seen by CDPH in 2012
 $500,000 awarded for expanded psych services
to 8 partners

18. Access to Care
 Student oral health services up 18%
 113,000 served in 2011-2012
 Services expanding to 106 high schools

19. Access to Care
 City invests $1.4M in new vision
program
 30,000 students to get optometry exam
and eyeglasses as needed
 CDPH to manage program

20. Healthy Mothers & Babies
15 hospitals working towards
Baby-Friendly Designation

21. Healthy Mothers & Babies
 33% decline in teen birth rate
 50% drop in smoking while
pregnant
 10% increase in 1st trimester care

22. Communicable Disease Control

23. Communicable Disease Control

24. Healthy Homes
 Expanded environmental health unit
 $3M lead abatement grant awarded
 Asthma partnership with UIC
 600 radon kits given to residents
 92 tons of household waste collected

25. Violence Prevention

26. Public Health Infrastructure

27. Healthy Chicago Action Plans

28. Year 2: Building on Policy Successes

29. Year 2: Building on & Engaging
Partnerships

30. Become a Healthy Chicago Partner
• Partner to address specific health issues or multiple Healthy
Chicago priorities
• Adopt Healthy Chicago policies and practices in your own
agencies
• Provide services that address Healthy Chicago priorities to
your clients
• Sponsor a Healthy Chicago initiative
• Email us at healthychicago@cityofchicago.org

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32. Healthy Chicago:
Where the Rubber Meets the Road