Residents of the South Side added cancer and heart disease to violence prevention on their list of top health priorities, according to results of the University of Chicago Medicine’s 2021-22 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).
Meet five Booth founders taking a local approach to addressing challenges such as climate change and food instability.
Five years ago, Ann Jackson, DPT, MPH began a Feed1st food pantry for cancer patients. Since the establishment of the pantry, almost 12,500 individuals from 4,325 households have turned to this resource.
