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Expand access to care through School Health
Centers. Children and adolescents face many barriers to accessing high quality comprehensive physical and mental health services. IMCHC will:
Reduce racial
health disparities in maternal and infant mortality.
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Support “Paid Sick Days” legislation that will allow for all employees to earn paid leave to care for themselves or a family member when they are ill. | |
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Ensure that a plan for MCH data to be shared between state departments is implemented, per language in Public Act 96-0799. | |
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Work for the passage of the Reproductive Health and Access Act to ensure that the government does not interfere with a woman’s reproductive rights; require that all Illinois public schools teach medically accurate, age-appropriate comprehensive sexual health education; and make sure that government-funded health care programs cover basic reproductive health services including family planning and prenatal care. |
Immunization rates for children and adults have reached an all time high,
yet there is still much work to be done to reach the Healthy People 2010
Goal of 90%. IMCHC will:
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Ensure that IDPH is actively pursuing HL7 so that providers with electronic medical records in place can transfer existing immunization data into ICARE. |
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Protect public funding for immunizations at the state and federal levels. |
Ensure quality care for preterm and late
pre-term infants.
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Support the production and distribution of educational materials about premature infants. |
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Work with hospitals to reduce the rate of medically unnecessary cesarean sections. |
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