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Exploring Root Causes of Health Inequities in Chicago

(4 days ago) WEBNon-Hispanic White. Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, Death Certificate Data Files; US Census Bureau. Life Expectancy by Race-Ethnicity. The life expectancy gap between NH Black and NH white has increased 22% to 8.8 years For …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/policy_planning/Board_of_Health/BOH_Presentation_NPrachand_Jun192019.pdf

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How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black …

(8 days ago) WEBResidents of Chicago's majority- Black Englewood neighborhood (shown above in 2014) have a life expectancy that's …

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/994173342/how-systemic-racism-continues-to-determine-black-health-and-wealth-in-chicago

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Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Jointly …

(9 days ago) WEBCHICAGO –Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and other City and community leaders to declare that racism is a …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2021/june/RacismPublicHealthCrisis.html

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New report details Chicago’s racial, ethnic disparities

(6 days ago) WEBMay 15, 2017. Despite some progress, significant racial inequities have stagnated, and in some cases grown worse, in Chicago since the civil rights movement, according to a new report by University of Illinois at …

https://today.uic.edu/new-report-details-chicagos-racial-ethnic-disparities/

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UChicago Medicine Health Equity

(2 days ago) WEBIn fiscal year 2020 the Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Office provided 7,418 hours of cultural competence training to UChicago Medicine staff. This was a 121 percent increase over 2019 to deal with the increased demand for …

https://community.uchicagomedicine.org/2020/health-equity.html

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UChicago scholar premieres documentary on racial health …

(6 days ago) WEBUChicago Prof. Micere Keels recognized the gap between what research tell us and the media discourse. “In every major health event, there are racial health …

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-scholar-premieres-documentary-racial-health-disparities

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Home - Center for Community Health Equity

(2 days ago) WEBJoin Our Mission Co-founded by DePaul University and Rush University in 2015, the Center for Community Health Equity strives to improve community health outcomes and contribute to the elimination of health …

https://healthequitychicago.org/

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Health disparities in Chicago and the work to solve them with …

(7 days ago) WEBToday, we're talking about how one academic health system is addressing health disparities, both within and beyond its hospital walls. Here with me today in our …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/health-disparities-chicago-and-work-solve-them-rush-university

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Introduction to Health Equity in All Policies - City of Chicago

(6 days ago) WEBHealth Equity in All Policies approach supports Healthy Chicago 2025 implementation. The City of Chicago has adopted a “health in all policies" approach to make sure that …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/supp_info/HealthEquityinAllPolicies_07202022_Final.pdf

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Chicago connects with community leaders to fight health …

(3 days ago) WEBDr. Arwady said Chicago’s life-expectancy gap was a serious concern prior to COVID-19, noting that her department’s research revealed that Black Chicagoans die …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/chicago-connects-community-leaders-fight-health-inequities

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‘It’s time to fix it’: can Chicago tackle its worsening racial life

(2 days ago) WEBCurrent efforts haven’t matched the broad scale of the problem, Ansell said, noting that Chicago suffers roughly “3,500 excess Black deaths” a year due to inequities …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/27/chicago-life-expectancy-racial-gap

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Racial Inequality in the Distribution of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths …

(3 days ago) WEBThe maps show the south and west sides of Chicago communities experience greater social vulnerability before COVID-19. Increased social vulnerability is …

https://publichealth.uic.edu/news-stories/racial-inequality-distribution-covid-19-cases-deaths-chicago/

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Chicago among largest US cities with widest racial health gap

(9 days ago) WEBCHICAGO (WLS) -- A new study shows that racial disparities over the last decade have gotten worse in several U.S. cities, including Chicago. Chicago has one …

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-health-mortality-rate-public/9983098/

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The Great Unequalizer: Health Inequities - Chicago Health

(4 days ago) WEBChicago isn’t an outlier in these disparities. Nationally, 1 in 1,250 Black Americans has died of Covid-19 compared to 1 in 2,800 white Americans as of early …

https://chicagohealthonline.com/the-great-unequalizer/

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Health Disparities Report 2021 - America's Health Rankings

(2 days ago) WEBAmerica’s Health Rankings Health Disparities Report, produced by the United Health . Foundation, documents the breadth, depth and persistence of health disparities across …

https://assets.americashealthrankings.org/app/uploads/2021_ahr_health-disparities-comprehensive-report_final.pdf

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Structural Inequality and COVID-19 Mortality in Chicago: An …

(3 days ago) WEBMethods. Using weekly ZIP code counts of deaths from March 2020 through July 2021 from the Chicago Department of Public Health (n = 4168) and measures of structural …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9643901/

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COVID-19 health equity initiatives: Chicago Racial Equity Rapid

(7 days ago) WEBIn this installment of "COVID-19 health equity initiatives," we look at how the City of Chicago is addressing health disparities, many of which, like hypertension and other …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/covid-19-health-equity-initiatives-chicago-racial-equity-rapid

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Higher cancer rates in minoritized communities driven by …

(7 days ago) WEBHigher rates of cancer in minoritized communities across Chicago and U.S. driven by disparities. May 15, 2024. In June 2023, residents of Hyde Park and …

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/cancer-articles/2024/may/aacr-cancer-disparities-progress-report

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Social Vulnerability and Racial Inequality in COVID-19 Deaths in …

(2 days ago) WEBAlthough the current COVID-19 crisis is felt globally, at the local level, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected poor, highly segregated African American …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1090198120929677

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New Financial Health Data Shows Vast Disparities Across Race and

(1 days ago) WEBAs a whole, Chicago and Cook County demonstrate greater financial health and vulnerability than the U.S., suggesting even greater inequality than seen nationally. …

https://www.cct.org/press-releases/new-financial-health-data-shows-vast-disparities-across-race-and-ethnicity-in-chicago/

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WEBHealth workers demonstrating in Washington in 2020. Racial health gaps did not narrow significantly between 1999 and 2018, according to one study.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Inequality is fuelling drug resistance. How do we curb it?

(4 days ago) WEBAntimicrobial resistance (also known as AMR) is estimated to be directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths in 2019 alone, equivalent to approximately 3,500 …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/05/socio-economic-inequalities-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-risks-solutions/

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Socio-economic inequalities drive antimicrobial resistance risks.

(6 days ago) WEBAntimicrobial resistance (also known as AMR) is estimated to be directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths in 2019 alone, equivalent to approximately 3,500 …

https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/news-room/news/item/15-05-2024-socio-economic-inequalities-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-risks.-here-s-how-to-curb-it

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‘The Price of Beauty:’ Americans’ mental health - NBC Chicago

(Just Now) WEBI feel powerful. I feel beautiful,” said Ximena Surez Vavra, who lives in Naperville. In our new series “The Price of Beauty,” NBC Chicago is examining the …

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-wellness-science-news/the-price-of-beauty-americans-mental-health-impacted-by-pursuit-of-beauty/3439497/

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Cynthia Ma, MPP Class of 2025 The University of Chicago Harris …

(Just Now) WEBCynthia Ma, MPP Class of 2025. Cynthia Ma plans to use her passion for storytelling to improve health policy outcomes and make healthcare literature accessible …

https://harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cynthia-ma-mpp-class-2025

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Chicago teen earns doctorate at 17 years old from Arizona State

(5 days ago) WEBDorothy Jean Tillman II spoke at her commencement this month at Arizona State University. She successfully defended her dissertation to earn a doctorate in …

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251510200/chicago-teen-earns-doctorate-at-17-years-old-from-arizona-state

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Rare and acute syphilis symptoms increasingly appearing in …

(3 days ago) WEB(According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, there were 806 primary and secondary syphilis cases in 2022.) Nineteen, or 68%, “lacked typical …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/05/16/rare-syphilis-symptoms-chicago-study

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Lawmakers, Chicagoans' views on CPS are worth your attention

(7 days ago) WEBOverall, 42% of Chicagoans say they are “not too confident” that CPS spends its budget effectively; another 31% say they are “not confident at all.”. Only 19% say …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/05/14/cps-chicagoans-poll-school-choice-not-learning-budget-spending-public-agenda-editorial

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Chicago youth see higher rates of unemployment post-pandemic

(4 days ago) WEBThe highest rates of joblessness for young people ages 16 to 24 were in the city’s South and West sides. In Chicago, there were more than 45,000 16- to 24-year …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/youth-unemployment-rates-pandemic-chicago/

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Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle

(7 days ago) WEBAshton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, one of the ‘Marmot places’ where action is being taken to improve health and reduce health inequalities, had the highest …

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/14/michael-marmot-legal-general-public-health-fund-inequality

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Ascension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the US, hit by

(2 days ago) WEBAscension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the U.S., hit by cyberattack, disrupting patient care The attack follows another one that has caused a …

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ascension-health-cyberattack-disrupts-patient-care-what-happened-rcna151462

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A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics …

(3 days ago) WEBAccording to Ramaphosa, the aim of the National Health Insurance is to provide access to quality health care for all and integrate the health system. “In its …

https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-health-law-elections-e1e15892eaa6efa51cc1bf14959d3453

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Gender Inequality in the WAEMU - IMF

(4 days ago) WEBThis paper documents the current state of gender inequalities in the WAEMU by focusing on outcomes (health, education, labor market and financial …

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/selected-issues-papers/Issues/2024/05/16/Gender-Inequality-in-the-WAEMU-548997

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High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest

(2 days ago) WEBMay 14, 2024. High interest rates haven’t crashed the financial system, set off a wave of bankruptcies or caused the recession that many economists feared. But for …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/business/economy/interest-rates-inequality.html

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3 are injured in Gage Park shooting, including 14-year-old, police say

(3 days ago) WEBA 14-year-old and two others were injured in an exchange of gunfire in Gage Park Thursday night, police said. The shooting happened at around 9:07 p.m. on the …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/17/3-are-injured-in-gage-park-shooting-including-a-14-year-old-police-say/

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Macro-level gender inequality and child health outcomes in China

(6 days ago) WEBUsing data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, this study investigates whether and how county-level gender inequality affects children’s health outcomes in …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21620555.2024.2346124

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