One Lawndale Community Health Collective (Collective), led by SUHI, Enlace Chicago, and North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council, is a community-led collaboration of 50+ organizations aiming to build integrated health services and coordinated training networks for community health workers (CHW) serving North and South Lawndale. The Collective works to bring critical health services capacity into community settings by equipping CHWs to more effectively assist neighbors navigating healthcare. CHWs also help increase access to preventive services, health education, social services, and wellness resources, addressing health and social needs of community residents.
At A Glance
Our Mission
To eliminate health disparities through excellence and innovation in data-driven research, interventions, training, evaluation, and collaboration.
Our Vision
For all communities to thrive in health.
Impact
Community-driven research and co-created solutions. Through CROWD, our CHW workforce development center, we advance evidence-based models and measure impact.
CROWD: CHW Solutions
Discover CROWD, the Center for CHW Research, Outcomes, & Workforce Development. CROWD supports organizations in implementing effective CHW programs through comprehensive services including hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating. Join us in revolutionizing community health!
Recent
Initiatives &
Services
“Empower Your Voice” is a study that examines the relationship between mental health and various factors, including trauma, community engagement, social media use, and other well-being indicators among female-identified youth in Chicago. The research investigates whether these relationships vary across demographic characteristics and neighborhoods. The study employs a large quota-based, non-probability survey of female-identified youth aged 12 to 18 across Chicago’s six Health Equity Zones. To enrich the survey findings, innovative qualitative research methods are utilized, including youth-led data walks and neighborhood-level focus groups. The results of this study aim to inform policy decisions, resource development, and future research to better support female-identified youth.
SUHI partnered with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to collect and analyze nearly 100 health department planning documents, from a sample of 31 local health departments, to identify key trends in the plans’ goals, priorities, and strategies.
Our Latest
Publications
Over 20 Years of Fighting for Health Equity
We celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2020. Here, we take a look back on our start, our mission, and our purpose.
