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COVID-19 Updates & Resources
March 23, 2020
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The Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) aims to provide you with timely updates and resources regarding COVID-19. It is very important to practice social distancing at this time and it can save lives, but we also recognize that social distancing can worsen existing inequities and cause feelings of social isolation. We have compiled a list of COVID-19 updates, resources, webinars, and other items below for your reference. Please take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and stay healthy!
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Five things to help stop the spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization is advising people to follow five simple steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19:
🧼 1. Wash your hands
💪 2. Cough/sneeze into your elbow
🤦🏻♀️ 3. Don't touch your face
📏 4. Stay more than 3ft (1m) away from others
🏡 5. Stay home if you feel sick
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Our Founder/Director Melissa Simon, MD, MPH was chosen as a 2020 Faculty Mentor of the Year. The official Mentor of the Year award ceremony will be a brief part of the 2020 Lewis Landsberg Research Day activities, which has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Read more in this article from Feinberg School of Medicine.
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COVID-19 NEWS
Note: The Chicago Tribune has lowered its paywall for important updates related to COVID-19, and The New York Times and The Washington Post allow you to subscribe to free updates about COVID-19 (you should see popups to subscribe for updates when you click the NYT and WP articles below).
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- "Coronavirus: Illinois issues stay-at-home order for 13 million residents" - NBC News
- “As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread” - The New York Times
- “Social distancing puts most vulnerable for health disparities at risk” - The Hill
- “Coronavirus Triple Duty: Working, Parenting, And Teaching From Home” - NPR
- “The Doc is In: Ask Dr. Arwady,” is livestreamed at 11 a.m. daily– Chicago Department of Public Health
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) updates – Chicago Department of Public Health
- “Chicago To Stop Parking Tickets, Debt Collection Until April 30 As Coronavirus Hits Residents Hard” - Block Club Chicago
- “Already Fighting One Public Health Crisis, Chicago’s Gun Violence Interrupters Take On Coronavirus” - Block Club Chicago
- “‘Dad, are you okay?’ Doctors and nurses fighting pandemic fear infecting their families” - The Washington Post
- "We have lots of new questions about coronavirus. A Northwestern doctor has answers." - Chicago Tribune
- "Commentary: Our resilience and empathy will carry us through this coronavirus crisis" - Chicago Tribune
- "Yes, Young People Are Falling Seriously Ill From Covid-19" - Bloomberg
- "Teachers, counselors, food delivery: coronavirus crisis fuels army of volunteers" - The Guardian
- "Working moms among the hardest hit by coronavirus pandemic" - CBS News
- Coronavirus: Lessons From Past Epidemics - Retro Report
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Tips for Staying Connected
- Video chat applications: [e.g., FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp, Viber, etc.]
- Video conferencing applications: [e.g., Google Hangouts, CISCO Webex Meetings, Zoom, Bluejeans, etc.]
Mental Health Resources
Home Education Resources for Caregivers
Pregnancy & Parenting Resources
Resources in Spanish
Other Resources
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Remember to wash your hands! Here's a fun video of our team doing the #GhenCovyChallenge. Join us to stop COVID-19 from spreading. See our video here and take the time to try it out from home and tag us @HealthEquityNU and include our hashtag #LiftHealthForAll!
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CHET is on social media!
You can now stay up to date with the Center for Health Equity Transformation online.
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Please email us at healthequity@northwestern.edu if you have any updates, news or events you think we should include in an upcoming newsletter.
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