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Tufts Health Plan Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Support Racial and Social Justice
Hartford Foundation and First Book Award $1 Million in Grants to Six Connecticut School Districts for Computers and Home Internet Access, Funded by The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation
Smithsonian Announces “Race, Community and Our Shared Future” Initiative
Webster announces $100,000 commitment to fight racial inequality
Dominion Energy Commits $5 Million to Social Justice, Community Rebuilding Efforts
Pratt & Whitney Establishes Scholarships for University of Hartford Mechanical Engineering Students
JPMorgan Chase and National Urban League Collaborate to Help Black Households Increase Savings
Diversity and Inclusion: Moving Business Forward
Part of the American Savings Foundation Lecture Series.
Corporate Giving Webinar: Corporate Social Responsibility - Best Practices and Tools for Success
PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .