the chicago cultural plan and healthy chicago

Bechara Choucair, MDCommissioner

Chicago Department of Public Health

@choucair #HealthyChicago

Chicago Department of Public HealthCommissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D.

City of ChicagoMayor Rahm Emanuel

THE CHICAGO CULTURAL PLAN AND

HEALTHY CHICAGOJanuary 16, 2014

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1. Healthy Chicago Public Health Agenda

2. Connections between Health, Art & Culture

3. Enroll Chicago and Chicago Artists Health Care Town Hall

4. Opportunities

HEALTHY CHICAGOPUBLIC HEALTH AGENDA• Released in August 2011

• Identifies priorities for action for next 5 years

• Identifies health status targets for 2020

• Shifts us from one-time programmatic interventions to sustainable system, policy and environmental changes

HEALTHY CHICAGOPRIORITY AREAS

GOOD HEALTH IS…

• More than just the absence of disease

• Influenced by more than genetics and health care

• Strongly affected by our choices and social and physical environments

HEALTH, ART & CULTURE

• Art and culture improve health, quality of life and promote a sense of well-being in many ways:

o Participating in the arts and in engaging in arts activities has many benefits

o Experiencing art and culture can be physical

o Programs and environments that incorporate art can help to prevent violence

• The Chicago Cultural Plan strengthens Healthy Chicago efforts

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Public Health

Public Schools

Cultural Affairs

City Colleges

Disabilities

LibrariesBusiness Affairs

Aviation

Public Housing

Family Services

Police

2013 study of 3,402 artists found:

• 43% did not have health insurance

o 88% said they couldn’t afford it

• 39% of the 1,927 who had coverage paid for it themselves

o 6 times greater than general pop that pays for private, non-group insurance.

• 55% did not understand or were unclear about the ACA

DCASE, ARTISTS &HEALTH CARE

CHICAGO ARTISTSHEALTH CARE TOWN HALL

• Included educational presentations, health information tables, health care enrollment navigation

• 125 appointments with health care navigators

• More than 150 participants in health education sessions

• 47 flu shots

PROVOCATIVE MESSAGING

WORKING WITH ART STUDENTS

WORKING WITH THECHICAGO THEATER COMMUNITY

Exemption for actors on thee-cigarette ordinance

We helped motivate Chicago teens to focus on health choices for a healthy future through the arts.

OPPORTUNITIES

• There are many ways we can incorporate the arts into our work

• The use of film was explored as a way to encourage thinking and action related to breast cancer and cancer screening

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