hsidn in the news
CARBONDALE (WSIU) - Sending a child to overnight camp can be nerve-wracking for any parent. It’s even scarier if they have a child with a chronic illness. But a camp in Illinois offers a safe option for kids who have Type 1 diabetes. (read more)
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sih identifies regional health issues
CARBONDALE (WSIL) — On Wednesday May 1, Southern Illinois Healthcare presented its triennial Community Health Needs Assessment.
The health care system teamed up with other locals leaders in the industry to identify health problems and ways to help solve them. Some of those issues include: higher-than-average cancer rates, tobacco use, and barriers to health care.
Another area of concern is obesity: nearly 68% of adults living in Perry, Franklin, Jackson, Union, Williamson, Saline and Johnson counties are considered overweight or obese. Those seven counties are the ones that SIH focuses on.
Read the full story and see the video here: http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40402537/sih-identifies-regional-health-issues
Download your very own PDF copy of the 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment by clicking HERE .
rural planning workshop
CARBONDALE — SIH, Jackson County Health Department, City of Carbondale and Active Transportation Alliance joined together to host a Rural Planning Workshop on April 24, 2019. Rural communities and non-profit organizations were also awarded “Rural Healthy Places Seed Grants” to improve their built environment. Grant recipients will be installing crosswalks, nature trails, safe pedestrian crossing signage, upgrading playgrounds, establishing safe bicycling and walking programs and working on community gardens. We appreciate their commitment to improving the health of those living in southern Illinois!
"Rural Healthy Places Seed Grants" were awared to Tamaroa Community Center, City of Marion, City of Pinckneyville, Washington Street Garden, City of Carterville, Elverado Primary School, Murphysboro Park District, Village of Vergennes and Green Earth, Inc.
Representatives from many Southern Illinois communities, organizations and government agencies gathered for the Rural Planning Workshop in Carbondale on April 24, 2019.
southern illinois food pantries band together to share ideas and lend support
THOMPSONVILLE — In 2004, a small church in Thompsonville began offering food one day a month to families in need in Franklin County. The first month, about three families showed up. The next, it was 11. Fourteen years later, there are nearly 200 cars lined up well before the church's food pantry doors open at . . . (read more)
Volunteer Jason Skidmore organizes items on shelves at the Du Quoin Food Pantry on Thursday morning in Du Quoin. Many of Southern Illinois' food pantries are collaborating to form the Southern Illinois Food Pantry Network through an initiative by University of Illinois Extension, SIU's food and nutrition program, Jackson County Health Department, Southern Illinois Healthcare and the SIU School of Medicine's Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development.
For more information call 618.457.5200 ext. 67837