IDPH encourages vaccination for people at greatest risk
SPRINGFIELD – Dec. 13, 2018 — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has reported six recent cases of hepatitis A among individuals at high risk for infection. On average there are …
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People Living with HIV: 9 Social Determinants That Can Impact Your Health
For World AIDS Day 2018, Illinois HIV Care Connect emphasizes that “good health is more than health care.”
For people living with HIV, regularly seeing a doctor and taking your medications is very important. But research shows that the social …
People Living with HIV: Take the ‘Good Health Is More Than Health Care’ Quiz!
Springfield, Ill. – Nov. 15, 2018 – As part of a continuing effort to assist people living with HIV who are affected by social determinants of health, Illinois HIV Care Connect today introduced “Good Health Is More Than Health …
Efforts aim to stop HIV spread, increase treatment
Report by Joe Astrouski, WAND-TV, Central Illinois
Report on “Good Health is More Than Health Care” from WSIU-TV, Southern Illinois
By Madeline Parker…
Care Connect program helps reduce economic, social stresses on HIV patients
By Dean Olson, State Journal-Register
After James Charles was diagnosed with HIV more than 20 years ago, a federally funded program in Springfield helped him afford medical care and eventually gave him access to private dental insurance.
His mental health …
Spreading the word about PrEP in the Prairie State
By Matt Simonette
SPRINGFIELD — Jeffery Erdman and Michael Maginn, both officials with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), are working hard to make sure that providers, advocates and community members across the entirety of Illinois know about PrEP …
Illinois HIV Care Connect presenta el cuestionario ‘La buena salud es más que la atención de la salud’
El cuestionario es el primer paso de la campaña para ayudar a los residentes que viven con VIH afectados por determinantes sociales de la salud.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–En un esfuerzo por ayudar a los residentes de Illinois que …
CDC launches Transforming Health: Providing Patient-Centered HIV Care to Transgender People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention launched Transforming Health, a new website that aims to reach health care providers to help them deliver patient-centered HIV care to transgender people. Part of the Act …
IL HIV Care Connect Program Manager Featured in National Newsletter
IIlinois HIV Care Connect Program Manager Mike Maginn is featured in the July 2018 Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) National Advisory Board Quarterly Newsletter.
Mike is the Community Advisory Board representative from Illinois and also participates in the MMP Journal Club, …