. Irfan S. Ahmad, Ph.D., President Shamim Sadiq, MD Medical Director; Syed Hashmi, Roveiza Irfan, University of Illinois, Urbana March 18, 2010 www.avicennahealth.org An Interfaith Approach to Address Healthcare Disparities in Champaign County: 6 th Annual Rural Public Health Institute Conference, Effingham, Illinois
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.Irfan S. Ahmad, Ph.D., President
Shamim Sadiq, MD Medical Director;
Syed Hashmi, Roveiza Irfan, University of Illinois, Urbana
March 18, 2010 www.avicennahealth.org
An Interfaith Approach to Address Healthcare Disparities in Champaign County:
6th Annual Rural Public Health Institute Conference, Effingham, Illinois
13.4% of the people living in Illinois do not have health insurance coverage. 10.8% of Illinois’ children are uninsured
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 47 million in 2006 people had no health insurance in the U.S, 8.4 million of whom are children, and out of these 8.4 million, 1.6 million live in Illinois
According to 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Champaign County has more than 19000 uninsured (10% of the county population), some estimates have shown these numbers to be as high as 54,000 (including underinsured)- these numbers have increased due to recent job losses
Medical Focus: Besides providing primary care, Avicenna focuses on following medical conditions: 1) Diabetes, 2) Hypertension, and 3) Obesity.
Objectives
To provide healthcare for the uninsuredand underinsured
To engage in preventive healthcare through community health screenings
To promote health awareness through education and information
Healthcare and Legal TeamPrimary Care: Dr. Toufic Abdo Dr. Hani Ahmed Dr. Robert Boone Dr. Zoobia Chaudhry Dr. Hanan Fahmy Dr. Nazneen Hashmi Dr. Shamim Sadiq,
Medical Director, ACHC Dr. Pushpa Giri
Specialists: Endocrinology, Cardiology,
Heme/Onc, nephrology, Optometery, Dentistry, back care
Nutritionists: Fatemah Ahmed HanyYoussef, Exercise Consul.
Nurses: Paula Abdullah, RN
Pharmacists: Hanady Sharabash Suzzane Fadl
Medical Students and Residents: Syed Hashmi (University of Illinois) Mustafa Hyder (University of Illinois) Benazir Chhotani (University of Illinois)
Legal Advice and Assistants: LaDale George, Healthcare Attorney,
Chicago Omar Galaria, Law Student Khizer Hussain, Healthcare Services
Consultant, VA
Financial Support
Self
Short-term
Long-term• Local, State, and Federal• Foundations
Volunteers and Physician team; to launch the clinic
Engaging local resources to be monthly contributors
Institutional Support
Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center (CIMIC)
Muslim Students’ Association (MSA)
Muslim American Society, Urbana-Champaign
Muslim Women Outreach (MWO)
Islamic Resource Group (IRG)
Intercultural Friendship Foundation (IFF)
Champaign County Healthcare Consumers (CCHC)
Champaign County Christian Health Center (CCCHC)
Hope Community Health Center
University of Illinois
Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)
Association of Muslim Health Professionals (AMPH) andInstitute for Social Policy Research (ISPU)
Local political , religious, and academic leaders
Avicenna is an interfaith-academia-community partnership engaged in providing curative and preventive healthcare to the uninsured residents of Champaign County, Illinois.
Satellite Clinic: CIMIC, 106 S. Lincoln, Urbana, IL 61801
First Fridays: 2:00 to 3:00 PM Blood Pressure Checkups, Obesity, and Nutrition Information and
One-on-One Interaction with Avicenna physicians
*Volunteers arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the clinic
What the Patients are saying about Avicenna?
A woman in her late sixties came back to us after being seen by Avicenna physicians on the first day of the launch of the clinic last year; and she said, “thank you Avicenna for saving my foot, if I had not seen an Avicenna physician- who was easily accessible, and for her timely intervention, and referred me to a local public health clinic for my un-managed diabetic condition, my foot would have to be amputated”.
The other day, a patient came over to be seen at Avicenna, after the visit while filling her patient satisfaction form, she mentioned to the Avicenna patient volunteer that on seeing the flyer “Avicenna Medical Clinic Now Open for Uninsured Residents of Champaign County” at her neighborhood Laundromat tears flowed from her eyes, as she saw it a God-sent opportunity, as she had been sick and did not have health insurance.
These stories are a stark illustration of how we are taking in people who are near poverty and have to choose from buying food or medication, and attempting to empower them to take charge of their healthcare in a patient-physician team environment.
Vignettes:
Acknowledgments
Dr. Masood Athar, Illinois Department of Public Health
Ms. Sophie Najie, University of Illinois Chicago, School of Public Health
Champaign County Christian Health Center for providing space for our clinic operations
Avicenna volunteers, donors, advisors, and friends