This was an evaluation for a consortium of safety net health care centers in Chicago and northern Illinois, led by the Lawndale Christian Health Clinic. We assessed the implementation of a new training and leadership program in relation to management and staff. We also assessed whether the project improved patient reports of satisfaction and impacted their wait times, among other measures.
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The purpose of this project was to develop specific strategies for using whole school climate prevention to support the morale of staff when experiencing unexpected change which increases teacher’s stress and may have a negative impact on student’s learning. We performed a mixed method study of an urban middle school that was targeted for downsizing in a large urban district and is now implementing school-wide prevention for behavior problems.
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CURL and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) have created a Knowledge Exchange to assist BPI staff and board members in understanding demographic trends, theory, and current research related to policies aimed at reducing poverty.
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This project focused on identify formation of students in a Chicago public high school that has a formal partnership with a community organization through the Full Service Community Schools Initiative.
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago has two projects: Samaritan Program and Medicaid Housing in which they have been collecting data and conducting client surveys every six months to measure the impact of the harm reduction approach.
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This endeavor encompasses both consulting and training. Christine George, CURL Research Associate Professor and Stephanie Riger, UIC Professor of Psychology will advise and assist through consultation and training members of the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network in the development and implementation of a common tracking and feedback system of former program participants.
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This project delivered a process and outcome evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Medicaid Supportive Housing Pilot Project in collaboration with AFC and Health Disability Advocates (HDA). CURL and HDA partnered in this research, with CURL focusing on the process evaluation and analysis of outcome data, and HDA focusing on the policy context and recommendations.
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This project focused on expanding Loyola University’s capacity as a leading educational institution with a commitment to building a holistic approach in creating healthy homes and healthy communities free of environmental and social toxins.
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Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) partnered with photographer Richard Wasserman to create Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S., an anthology of photographs and interviews that grapples with the impact of eminent domain – past and present -- on the lives of Americans across the country -- in cities, suburbs, and in rural and farming communities. The project combines a collection of stirring and evocative photographs with the words and experiences of the people most impacted by cases of eminent domain.
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