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Posted On July 22, 2019 10:06 pm
Director, Community Health Programs–Innovations Spectrum Health FOCUS The vast majority of a person’s health is determined by everything but whether that person walks into a doctor’s office. Wealth, housing, and social capital have an extraordinary impact on people’s health and whether they can withstand a health issue. As Director of Community Health Programs–Innovations at Spectrum… View Article
Posted On July 22, 2019 10:04 pm
Managing Director Get Rooted Consulting, LLC FOCUS Throughout American cities, Black, indigenous, and people of color communities {BIPOC} and BIPOC-led organizations navigate the intertwined challenges of food injustice, displacement, and wellbeing. As a geographer and healing arts practitioner, I help organizations and cultural workers put healing arts into everyday practice as they reimagine food and… View Article
Posted On July 22, 2019 9:59 pm
Director of Programmatic Services and Innovation Cook County Health and Hospitals System FOCUS I am Director of Programmatic Services and Innovation in the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, serving both Chicago and the suburban Cook County region. My job is to work across the integrated delivery system to expand programs and services through innovative… View Article
Posted On July 22, 2019 9:56 pm
Community Health Worker Esperanza Community Housing Corporation FOCUS Asthma impacts 6 percent of adults and 9 percent of children in Los Angeles County, and Black children and adults face a disproportionate share of the asthma burden in South Los Angeles. As a community health worker, I am able to see firsthand how asthma adversely impacts… View Article
Posted On July 22, 2019 8:56 pm
Health Promotion Educator PSA-2-PSA: ELIMINATING THE PROSTATE CANCER DISPARITY FOCUS African-American men are experiencing an alarming prostate cancer disparity; having a 60 percent greater likelihood of being diagnosed with the disease than most ethnic groups and dying at a rate 2.5 times greater than white men. I am developing an innovative media project entitled “PSA-2-PSA”… View Article