Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Health & Hospitals Committee on 7/18/2019 at 10:30 AM

19-3677

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:13 GMT

File #: 19-3677
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Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 04/23/2019
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19-3312

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:13 GMT

File #: 19-3312
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Type: Report
Title: REPORT Department: Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) Report Title: CCDPH Quarterly Report Report Period: Second Quarter, 2019 Summary: The Cook County Department of Public Health hereby presents its Quarterly Report to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in their capacity as the Board of Health of Cook County.
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19-4285

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:13 GMT

File #: 19-4285
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Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 19-4285 PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DECLARING RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Public Health Awareness raises awareness of the relationship between the health of individuals and the health of their communities; and WHEREAS, African Americans comprise 1.3 million of Cook County’s total population, the largest in any County, and Latin Americans comprise a comparable percentage of Cook County’s population; and WHEREAS, race is a social construction with no biological basis; and WHEREAS, studies link racism to negative health outcomes; and WHEREAS, areas falling under the public health category include healthy communities, violence prevention, rural health, technology, public health, climate change, and global health; and WHEREAS, the promotion of healthy communities directly relates to the health of individuals, and encourages expanding public health support networks to decrease racial disparities in health outcomes; and WHEREAS, communities of color a
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