Learning and Growing Together
COVID-19 disproportionately impacted people of color locally and nationally. Even as we all look forward to getting back to doing more of the activities we enjoyed before the pandemic, DHC joins our partners working diligently to understand and reverse health disparities. The Health Access and Equity Response Team (HEART) is a partnership between the DuPage Health Coalition, DuPage Federation for Human Services Reform, the DuPage County Health Department, and a host of community partners. All residents of DuPage County should have equal opportunity to be safe and healthy, this year and every year.
HEART has been collecting and analyzing data, engaging vaccine ambassadors, providing outreach and education to build vaccine confidence, and building local capacity for testing and treatment for all.
DuPage County has also launched a PSA campaign featuring local voices,
This is our shot DuPage! Check out our own patient navigator and Vaccine Champion Vanessa Corpus, who was filmed for the ad campaign! (We've always known she had star quality.)
Click here to view.
There is still work to be done, but plenty of progress to celebrate too.
Click here to view the most recent data from Kaiser on COVID-19 vaccinations examined by race/ethnicity.
Did you know? The DuPage County Health Department’s COVID-19 Dashboard now includes 21 additional options so you can view information on cases, hospitalized cases, and death rates per 1,000 population by census tracts (Total, Hispanic, Asian, Black, Other Race, Two or More Races, and White).
Click here to view the updated dashboard.
