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05/15/2025
Recording Available! Housing as a Social Determinant of Health
The objectives of this session are to:
- Define the social determinants of health Identify housing issues in the U.S. and Chicagoland (can be adapted for IL state)
- Explain the relationship between housing and personal and public health
- Examine the links between substandard housing and poor health and the overlapping disparities
- Discuss the ways in which healthcare practitioners and community advocates can address housing issues to effect better health outcomes for patients.
Speaker: Alia Poulos, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Office of Community Engagement & Cancer Health Equity