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HSC Announces the Partnership to Reduce
Disparities in Asthma and Obesity in Latino Schools

On November 12, HSC along with the organizations that make up the Partnership to Reduce Disparities in Asthma and Obesity in Latino Schools, held a press conference at the Little Village Community Academy.

The purpose of the press conference was to officially launch the partnership; share research detailing the skyrocketing rates of asthma and obesity in Chicago’s Latino communities; and announce that the Partnership is being funded through a million dollar Environmental Justice grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The press conference was a big success. Stories were run by 5 TV stations, 5 Newspapers, and 2 radio stations.

The Partnership is an exciting opportunity for the HSC to work with West Town Leadership United; the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization; the Midwest Latino Health Research, Training & Policy Center (at UIC); the Cook County Bureau of Health Services; the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago; and the UIC School of Public Health.

To view media coverage of our press conference, click here.

For more information about this project, contact Guillermo Gomez at (312) 419-1810 or by email at ggomez@healthyschoolscampaign.org.