Champaign-Urbana Public Health District

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to Pilot Innovative New Program with Area Youth

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) will begin piloting a new disease prevention program with area youth. "Germ Busters" will be an interactive educational program for youth pre-school through middle school that will focus on preventing disease through basic proper hygiene measures. CUPHD created this program in direct response to recent current events surrounding H1N1 and its inevitable spread in the fall. This flu seems to be disproportionately affecting the young. CUPHD will be conducting the first class on Friday, June 19, 2009 in the large CUPHD conference room located at 201 West Kenyon Road from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to Honor National Men's Health Week with Screenings & Clinics

Champaign, IL - June 15-21 marks National Men's Health Week. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) would like to ask local residents to "Wear BLUE" during this week to raise awareness and educate men, women, and their families of the need to end the silent crisis in Men's Health. CUPHD would like to encourage local men to take advantage of blood-draw prostate cancer screenings for all men over the age of 40, as well as weekly Men's Clinics held every Monday from 4:00 - 5:30pm at CUPHD located at 201 West Kenyon Road in... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Offers Travel Scholarships for Asthma Adventure Camp 2009

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) in collaboration with the East Central Illinois Asthma Partnership and the Illinois Department of Public Health will be accepting applications for "travel scholarships" from local children ages 7-14 that would like to attend the Asthma Adventure Camp 2009, August 7-9, located at the Lake Williamson Retreat and Conference Center in Carlinville, IL. Travel scholarships will assist with gas money, drivers, and if enough children apply, a charter bus ticket to camp. Applications for "travel scholarships" are available at CUPHD at 201 West Kenyon Road in Champaign, or on-line at www.c-uphd.org. The deadline for applications is July 15, 2009. Additional information regarding the "travel scholarships" may be obtained by calling... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Participates in Summer Food Program

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) will be providing FREE meals and snacks to children ages 18 and under this summer through the Illinois State Board of Education administered Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Meals and snacks will be provided in both the CUPHD Champaign and Rantoul locations. All food will be provided at no cost to the participating children. Food will be available during designated times only, and all children will be required to eat the food... more...

Champaign, IL - Local grade school children received prizes for the winning entries in the 2009 REALITY Illinois poster contest. Awards for students grades Kindergarten - Fifth were chosen from 200 entries by REALITY Illinois students at JW Eater High School on April 6th. All entries were on display at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) for the Kick Butts Day Health Fair on March 28,... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Now Offers HPV Vaccines

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) now offers Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for women ages 18-26 during weekly STD clinics. These clinics, located at 201 West Kenyon Road in Champaign, are held on
Tuesdays from 1:00 - 5:00pm and Thursdays from 9:00 - 11:00am and 1:00pm - 3:00pm. HPV shots are given in a series of three injections over a six-month period and have been proven to be highly effective in preventing four types of HPV in young women who have not been previously exposed to HPV. CUPHD accepts Medicaid/IPA, Visa/MC, or cash for services, and will not turn anyone away for inability to... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Honors World Hepatitis Day 2009

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) joins the World Hepatitis Alliance and over 200 patient groups in honoring World Hepatitis Day 2009 by requesting that local residents ask themselves "Am I Number 12?" This marketing campaign was designed to increase awareness of the shocking statistic that one in twelve people in the world are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C and the majority of those infected are unaware. Hepatitis is a serious disease which, left untreated, can lead to liver scarring (cirrhosis) and potentially to liver cancer, liver failure and death. Hepatitis is the cause of death for over one million people in the world... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and Partners to Provide FREE Event in Honor of World No Tobacco Day 2009

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), lead agency for Champaign County Tobacco Prevention Coalition, has partnered with Parkland College Wellness to hold an event funded in part by The Illinois Tobacco Free Communities Grant and the Live Free Tobacco Free Grant to promote World No Tobacco Day 2009. This FREE event will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2009 in two locations: CUPHD at 201 West Kenyon Road from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and Parkland College at the Parkland College Center from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00... more...

Champaign, IL - The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) has partnered with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, the Illinois Asthma Partnership, and the Illinois Department of Public Health to provide a FREE Asthma Educational Event on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Champaign Public Library. This event is open to all families, teachers, nurses and providers that are interested in learning more about asthma and will include guest speakers, on-site supervised childcare, fabulous door prizes and... more...

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's IBCCP honors National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by Holding Program Enrollment Days

Champaign, IL - The local office of the Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP), located at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), will be holding a program enrollment days for uninsured women ages 35-64. Once enrolled in the IBCCP program, qualified women will have access to FREE mammograms, pap tests, breast and pelvic... more...