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19-3677
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 04/23/2019 | approve | Pass |
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19-3312
| 1 | | CCDPH Quarterly Report 2Q2019 | Report | 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. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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19-4285
| 1 | | | Resolution | 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 | accept as substituted | Pass |
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19-4285
| 2 | | | Resolution | 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 | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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