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PUBLIC OUTREACH
Each year Chicago Schweitzer Fellows work in small groups to conduct public outreach activities which aim to:
• Educate students in health-related fields, professionals, and/or the general public about the nature and seriousness of current, local health disparities and unmet health needs;
• Strengthen existing links among the Schweitzer Fellows Program, community agencies and health professional schools, and site and academic mentors;
• Identify new community organizations and other partners that the Schweitzer Fellows Program may collaborate with in the future.
• Help Fellows develop leadership, organizational, and team building skills useful in future public education activities; and
• Provide Fellows with an experience of collaborative and shared responsibility within a small interdisciplinary group.
2007-08
School Supply Drive Service Day
Tapping into the Network: Improving Health Care Access for the Underserved
Chicago Food Depository Service Day
Health Care Reform: Is It Time?
2006-07
Service Day Helping Preserve Maywood Prairie Path
Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care
Addressing the Needs of the Underserved: Strategies for Global and Domestic Community-Based Health Work
Volunteered with American Cancer Society at Shamrock Shuffle
2005-06
Service Day with American Indian Center: Halloween/Pow Wow
Choose Your Adventure: International Health Opportunities
Current Issues in End of Life Care
Alternative Perspectives on The Birthing Process: A Conversation with Doulas, Midwives, and Patients
2004-05
Health Care in the 2004 Elections: Past, Present, and Future
Medicine on the Margins: Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Refugees and People in Crisis
From the Ground Up: Building and Sustaining Community-Based Health Programs
Domestic Violence 101: What Health Practitioners Need to Know
2003-04
Immigrant Health Care: What Health Care Professionals Should Know
Growing up is Hard to Do: A Discussion about Adolescent Mental and Sexual Health
Body, Mind, and Spirit: Spirituality and the Health Professions
Community Factors in Health Care
2002-03
International Perspectives on Healthcare Systems: A Comparative Analysis
Sustaining Medical Vision in Community Health: Maintaining Ideals While Managing Logistics
Forgotten Faces of HIV/AIDS: Targeting Services for Special Populations
Adolescent Health in Urban America: Are We Meeting the Needs of Young People in Our Communities?
Herbal Therapies and Acupuncture: What Health Professionals Should Know
2001-02
Barriers to Care for Underserved Women
Outreach and International Health
Growing Pains: Innovative Community Health Programs for Youth
Innovative Outreach: Bridging the Gap between Institution and Community
2000-01
Election 2000: What the Candidates’ Talk on Healthcare and Prescription Drug Benefits Means for You
Issues in Immigrant Health: Access to and Quality of Care
Healthcare Messages in the Media: How Are They Reaching the Public?
Medical Informatics: Will it Unite or Divide?
1999-00
Using Creative Arts in the Therapeutic Process
Alternative and Complementary Therapies
Jubilee 2000: International Debt Relief and Public Health
Your Health and the Internet
1998-99
Service Project: “Lot Turn Around” on Chicago’s West Side
A New Cook County Hospital: Now More Than Ever
Community-Based Initiatives That Work
Palliative Care and End of Life Issues
1997-98
Healthy People: The Role of Faith - A Symposium on Faith and Medicine
Community Service: Improving the Health of Chicago Neighborhoods
Living Albert Schweitzer’s Ethic: Dedication to Community Service
1996-97
Community Health Promotion: What Works
Serving Community Health Needs: The Chicago Schweitzer Urban Fellows Program
Gangs: Perspectives and Solutions
Strengthening Communities Through Community Service
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