cook county place matters: working together for health equity
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Rev. Richard McCreary and the congregation of New Covenant Baptist Church invited Natalie Chadwell and Jim Bloyd to present and facilitate a discussion Sunday, February 19th, 2012 on why place is an important factor in determining the health of residents.TRANSCRIPT
Cook County Place Matters: Working Together for Health Equity February 19, 2012 New Covenant Baptist Church,
Phoenix, IL Rev. Dr. Richard McCreary
1. Education & Awareness2. Advocating for Policy Change3. Building Alliances with Cook County Residents
What you can do:•Sign up so you can become involved•Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ccplacematters•Attend our meetings—next is Wednesday, March 21st•Support our upcoming health equity report—Coming May 2012
Cook County Place Matters Mission
Cook County Place Matters will work to raise awareness that inequitable social conditions are the root causes of unfair
health inequities. Place Matters will focus on enacting policies that lead to neighborhoods that support and produce health; will work to develop community-based solutions by working
together in solidarity and partnership with residents and community organization; and will work to build the power of
residents and leaders from affected communities who support a fair distribution of society’s resources. We are committed to a racially just and inclusive society, and to
ending health inequities by race and class.
Evidence of health inequity
• The death rate from diabetes in southern suburban Cook County is about 70% higher than in northern Cook.
Source: CCDPH, 2011
Food Insecurity in Cook County Source: Greater Chicago Food Depository 2011
Does place matter? Yes.
“The opportunity to move from a neighborhood with a high level of poverty to one with a low level of poverty was associated…with reductions in …extreme obesity and diabetes.”
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011
Opportunity and Health
• The distribution of opportunity across neighborhoods can have a profound effect on socio-economic advancement and health outcomes.
National Academy of Sciences, 2008
94% of Black residents
live in ‘low
opportunity communities
Source: Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities (2005)
by Tom Luce, John Lukehart , Jason Reece
Race and segregation in Metro Chicago:
Racial Equity for African Americans:100 US Metro Areas Source: Urban Institute, 2011
Metro Area Overall Grade
Chicago (2nd Worst) FMilwaukee (Worst) FSt. Louis DLittle RockBaton Rouge
C
Chattanooga,Richmond (VA)Atlanta
B
Albuquerque (best)Greenville (SC)
A
Evidence of Health Inequity
• Health inequities in Chicago between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White populations widened from 1990-2005 for 11 health status indicators including mortality from heart disease, stroke, and breast cancer.
Source: Orsi, Margellos, Whitman (2010) “Black-White Health Disparities in the United States and Chicago: A 15-Year Progress Analysis” American Journal of Public Health
What you can do?• Sign up so you can become involved• Like us on Facebook
www.facebook.com/ccplacematters• Attend our meetings—next is Wednesday, March 21st
(1640 W. Roosevelt, Chicago)• Support our upcoming health equity report—Coming
May 2012• Host an event – contact [email protected] or 708-633-8314
• Thank You! -- Natalie Chadwell and Jim Bloyd