The document summarizes progress made by the Chicago Department of Public Health toward improving population health. Key accomplishments include expanding smoke-free policies on college campuses and hospitals, increasing access to healthy foods through mobile food vendors and investing in vision and dental programs for students. Initiatives to address obesity, heart disease, HIV, adolescent health and cancer disparities achieved results like new grants and partnerships. The department also strengthened communicable disease control, environmental health, and data capabilities. Moving forward, the department aims to build on policy successes, engage partners, and encourage organizations to adopt healthy policies.

1. Chicago Department of Public Health
Healthy Chicago: Progress Toward
Improving Health
Bechara Choucair, MD
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Public Health
@chipublichealth on
#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
Reducing Tobacco
Access and Affordability

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
 30 carts planned for 2013

9. OBESITY PREVENTION
Increasing Healthy Food Access

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
beyond p nk
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
Local and National
Prevention Partnerships

26. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
Making Data Available &
Strengthening CDPH’s
Capabilities

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