Breastfeeding Advocacy - Chicago
Healthy Places
HealthConnect One is honored to be involved with Healthy Places, a collaborative effort between the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children at Children's Memorial Hospital (CLOCC).
As part of this partnership, HealthConnect One is encouraging all hospitals with labor and delivery units in the City of Chicago to increase their institutional support for breastfeeding and to adopt steps towards becoming officially designated as “Baby-Friendly Hospitals.” For more information or to become involved, please contact us.
This project is supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative, Cooperative Agreement Number 1U58DP002376-01. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chicago Region Breastfeeding Task Force
HealthConnect One Trainer Helen Dimas serves as Treasurer and Social Media Manager for the Chicago Region Breastfeeding Task Force. For more information on their Grandmother's Tea, Peer Counselor Enrichment Day, or other Chicago-area activities, please visit their website here.
See Also
Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint
Breastfeeding Programs & Training
Illinois Hospital Report Card - now includes breastfeeding rates! To check breastfeeding rates for a single hospital, click on the "Safety" tab for that hospital's report card.
Cook County Department of Public Health - Communities Putting Prevention to Work
