Breastfeeding Advocacy - Chicago
Healthy Places
HealthConnect One is honored to be involved with Healthy Places, a joint partnership of the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), to address obesity in the City of Chicago through environmental change.
As part of this partnership, HealthConnect One will encourage 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.”
Chicago Region Breastfeeding Task Force
HealthConnect One Trainer Helen Dimas serves as Treasurer 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.
Annual Breastfeeding Walk
Friday - August 19, 2011 - Rainbow Beach
3111 E. 77th St. 60649
Hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health.
You can check out HC One staff and peer counselor photos from the August 2010 Breastfeeding Walk and Celebration on Facebook!
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
