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Working for health equity in Newark

Working for health equity in Newark

bpham · Apr 10, 2019 ·

Last year, HAN member RWJBarnabas Health launched a “Social Impact and Community Investment Practice” (SICI) that includes collaborative social impact initiatives which address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that contribute to poor health outcomes, reduced life expectancy, and higher costs.

Now SICI is partnering with ChangeLab Solutions, the Greater Newark Community Advisory Board and their community partners to help identify policy options for building up local food systems and tackling food insecurity issues.

“Health equity ensures that everyone, no matter who they are, receives access to the services and supports they need,” says Michellene Davis, executive vice president and chief corporate affairs officer at RWJBarnabas Health System (RWJBH). “In vulnerable communities that have traditionally been underserved, treatment may have been equal, but equal treatment is not always equitable treatment.”

Read more about RWJBH’s commitment to health equity.

Watch this youth-driven documentary film about food insecurity in Newark co-produced by RWJB Health.

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