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February 15, 2007
A GCI Seminar |
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The Lawndale Health Promotion Project: Engaging
Communities
in Creating a Healthier Community in Chicago’s North
and South Lawndale |
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| Speakers |
Cynthia Barnes-Boyd
Director, UIC Neighborhoods Initiative
Great Cities Institute
Assistant Dean, Community
Health Initiatives
UIC College of Nursing
Berenice Tow
Reach 2010 Project Director
City of
Chicago Department of Public Health
Michael Quinn
Education Specialist in Research
Department
of Medicine
Diabetes Research and Training Center
University of Chicago
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| Location |
Great Cities Institute, Suite 400 CUPPA Hall
412 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607
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The
Lawndale
Health Promotion Project (LHPP) is a Center for Disease
Control funded REACH 2010 initiative addressing health
disparities in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The
project focuses on the North and South Lawndale communities,
which are predominately African-American or Latino. Guided
by a diverse community coalition, a team of researchers
from two universities oversee the multi-method evaluation
of a community wide intervention designed to make change
at the community, health systems and individual level.
Working in partnership with the community coalition, the
LHPP evaluation team focuses on increasing the community’s
capacity to translate research findings into practical
applications to improve the health of community residents.
This panel discussion will include a summary of lessons
learned in engaging community participation in a health
promotion intervention and in evaluation research about
the topic.
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