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Dr. Uchechi Mitchell Title: Holding on to Hope: An analysis of Structural Risk Factors and Resilience Facilitators among a Racial Diverse Population of Older Adults Hopelessness is an understudied consequence of structural violence. To date, population-level studies examining the relationship between discrimination and hopelessness among older Americans are non-existent. Rather, the extant literature has […]
Read More...Are you accepting any research proposals that do not have a focus on the LGBTQIA* community? Yes, the RFP even encourages past applicants to apply as long as eligibility requirements are met. While the RFP highly encourages applications focusing on the LGBTQIA* community, all projects on structural violence are welcome, contingent on RFP guidelines. The […]
Read More...Announcement for 2019 Request for Proposals The Center for Health Equity Research Chicago (CHER Chicago), based at the University of Illinois Cancer Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, and in collaboration with The University of Chicago Medicine, has the vision to pursue health equity through the elimination of structural […]
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Dr. Rosalba Hernandez received her PhD in Public Health from the UIC. She explores whether characteristics like optimism and resilience are associated with low-risk cardiovascular disease profiles, and whether interventions geared toward increasing psychological well-being can favorably impact subclinical and clinical manifestations of disease. Her goal is to employ theories from positive psychology to help […]
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November 29, 2018 (10am-2pm CST) UIC College of Nursing 3rd floor Event Space, 845 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 Join Us in Celebrating World AIDS Day on Thursday, November 29th. Confirm your attendance at https://go.uic.edu/UICWorldAIDSDay2018
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Job Posting Community Adults Intervention Coordinator The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnership– Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion is seeking a candidate for Community Adults Intervention Coordinator to work in an exciting USDA funded public health nutrition education program- SNAP-Ed. The Community Adults Intervention Coordinator will collaborate with sites that serve low-income […]
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Tuesday| 6 First nations Film Festival 12PM-2PM Latino Cultural Center Wednesday| 7 Connect and Create 11AM-1PM Commuter Center Wednesday| 14 Natives in Chicago 3PM-5PM SCE Cardinal Room Thursday| 15 Film Screening 6PM UIC Daley Library Friday| 16 Native American Veterans Day Powwow 5PM-10PM SCE Illinois Room
Read More...“Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her child is violence. Discrimination against a workingman is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical needs is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence”. To read full article: http://childrenshealthwatch.org/the-poor-peoples-campaign-calls-out-policy-violence/
Read More...Two new open position, Community Health Manager and Associate Director of the Chicago Breast Cancer Quality Consortium. Below are the descriptions and requirements of the positions. Associate Director Consortium 8-29-18 Community Health Manager 9-18-18
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