Model Communities: A vital strategy to implementing policy and environmental changes and addressing health equity in Suburban Cook County, Illinois

Rachael Dombrowski, MPH1, Maryann Mason, PhD2, Sarah Welch, MPH3, Christina Welter, DrPH, MPH4, Gina Massuda Barnett, MPH4, Kelsey Gilmet, RN, MN5 and Michael Fagen, PhD MPH5
(1)Suburban Cook County Communities Putting Prevention to Work, Oak Park, IL, (2)Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, (3)Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, Chicago, IL, (4)Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, IL, (5)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL