Recommendations: Aging and Public Health Partnerships for Social Connection

by jsimon | Oct 25, 2024

Informed by regional work in Illinois to bring local public health and aging services partners together to advance social connectedness, along with input from over 100 community partners in public health, aging, community development, and social services, this report...

A Community-Centered Approach to Data Sharing and Policy Change: Lessons for Advancing Health Equity

by Andras Ferencz | Aug 17, 2022

The brief highlights six lessons on sharing data across sectors and state agencies while partnering with individuals with lived expertise. The lessons were derived from six projects from the first round of DASH’s Learning and Action in Policies and Partnerships...

Financing Naloxone Dispensing from Illinois Emergency Departments: Fact Sheet

by IPHI Office Web | Feb 10, 2022

This fact sheet provides an overview of how other states operate their naloxone programs and recommendations on how to establish ED-based naloxone dispensing in Illinois.

Financing Naloxone Dispensing from Illinois Emergency Departments: A Rapid Policy Assessment

by IPHI Office Web | Feb 10, 2022

The greatest challenges to implementing and expanding ED-based naloxone dispensing are financial. To investigate how programs in other states with robust ED naloxone programs operate, the Illinois Public Health Institute conducted a series of interviews with key...

Financing Naloxone Dispensed from Illinois Emergency Departments

by IPHI Office Web | Jun 3, 2021

A rapid policy assessment from IPHI examining the financial aspect of naloxone dispersal.