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In 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) partnered with the Illinois Public Health Institute and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health to create the Healthy Illinois 2021 Plan Update: An Addendum to the Illinois 2016-2021 State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan. After collecting and analyzing focus groups and surveys of IDPH and local health department staff, data were shared, and discussions were held with the State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan team to create a vision for the state moving forward.

Using data collected as part of a larger evaluation, this brief examines differences across platforms (i.e., both physical locations and online menu listings) in default beverage offerings with kids’ meals and associated upcharges in Illinois and Wisconsin fast-food restaurants prior to the Illinois HBD Act taking effect.

CPS student recommendations for schools on how to support student health holistically, involve students in health and wellness decision-making, and facilitate greater awareness and utilization of school and community resources by students and families.

Family engagement is a shared responsibility of both school staff and families. School staff are committed to making families feel welcomed while families are committed to actively supporting their child’s learning and development. This relationship between school staff and families reinforces student health and learning in multiple settings—at home, in school, after school programs, and in the community

Examples of assistance and support that the Healthy CPS Network Specialist can provide to principals and wellness champions to support them in achieving each of the Healthy CPS badges (Health Leadership, Health Instruction, Healthy Environments, and Health Services) and in working towards their own schools’ health and wellness goals.

This tool seeks to provide insights for school districts nationwide as to how technical assistance providers can deliver a multi-tiered system of supports to schools to strengthen health and wellness-related programming. Information in this tool was compiled as part of an evaluation of a pilot initiative designed to support schools in strengthening health and wellness-related programming and improving compliance with local health and wellness-related policies. Information reported here was gathered from key informant interviews with representatives from schools who benefited from the support provided through this initiative. This information is shared to support continued dialogue, reflection, and action as to how each district and/or school might better support those implementing health and wellness programming and supporting children’s health and wellbeing.

Examples of assistance and support that the Healthy CPS Network Specialist can provide to improve Network-wide achievement of Healthy CPS by acting a navigator between the Network, Office of Student Health and Wellness, and schools, and technical assistance provider to schools and the Network.

To assess the reliability of the Beverage Tax Food Store Observation Form, we conducted an inter-rater reliability (IRR) study in the summer of 2017 in 56 food stores in Joliet, Illinois, a racially/ ethnically diverse, mid-sized city in the Chicago metropolitan area. The purpose of this brief is to report on the development and IRR results of the overall form and individual measures.

The purpose of this brief is to describe the measures related to kids’ meal default beverage offerings in the FPPFFKM tool and report on the IRR results.

This research brief examines restaurant menu default beverages offered with children’s meals and ordinance compliance across online platforms from 10 restaurant chains in Columbus, OH, and comparison sites pre- and post-implementation.

Health Justice Unpacked at UIC provides insights from 4 School of Public Health (SPH) faculty and 1 SPH doctoral candidate on what the term "health justice" means to them, and the intersections between race and health. They provide history and context for health justice and provide resources that inform their own work.SPH Faculty: Dr. Brenikki Floyd, Dr. Uchechi Mitchell, Dr. Michael Cailas, Dr. Susan BuchananDoctoral Candidate: Nyahne Bergeron

A policy analysis was conducted to identify policies that could support informal workers in the Greater Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. With the guidance of our community partners, Equity and Transformation and Street Vendors Association of Chicago, we decided to concentrate on policies that could make it easier to establish and operate home-based businesses in Greater Lawndale. We aimed to understand the home-based business (HBB) ordinance, its likely impact and continued restrictions. A template to conduct a policy analysis is provided for replicability in academic-community spaces.

The PAUSE to Learn Your Epilepsy study uses mobile technology to deliver personalized self-management education to adults with epilepsy. PAUSE participants were sociodemographically diverse and there was no difference between those who participated and those who chose not to participate.

State laws governing vaccination of school-aged children and their implications for COVID-19 vaccinations