Aetna Distributes $2.2 Million Through Regional Grants Program; Almost $95,000 Donated in Georgia; 92 Percent of Grants Focus on Racial and Ethnic Disparities.HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) today announced the final total of its national Regional Grants Program for 2004. The company made $2.2 million in grants nationally to 109 organizations. Funds were specifically directed toward enhancing cultural competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. and improving the oral health of children and adults. Since 2001, Aetna has awarded more than $7.5 million through the Regional Grants Program, including $5 million for initiatives that address racial and ethnic disparities in health care. "We are committed to building healthy communities, with particular emphasis on addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care," said Marilda L. Gandara, president of the Aetna Foundation. "The Regional Grants Program, in its fourth year, funds programs that improve understanding of racial and cultural diversity and provide access to quality health care." Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have become a critical issue as minorities are projected to make up 41.5 percent of the American workforce by 2008. Over the past two years, Aetna has focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations through an integrated business and philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: approach. Georgia organizations received $95,000 in 2004, $313,000 since 2001 The grants include $25,000 to the Henry W. Grady Henry Woodfin Grady (May 17,1851 – December 23,1889) was a journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the states of the former Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. Foundation, which will establish a cultural competency training program for physicians. In addition, $35,000 was donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. to develop strategies to help health care professionals communicate with people living in poverty. "We are pleased to support local organizations that share Aetna's commitment to ending disparities in health care," said Bill Hauser, MD, Aetna's Regional Medical Director. "We look forward to working with the Henry W. Grady Foundation and other program recipients to accomplish this goal." "Our main goal is to develop a standard cultural competency curriculum for physicians and other health care professionals serving Grady Health System," said Suzanne Rogers Suzanne Rogers (born Suzanne Crumpler on July 9, 1944 in Colonial Heights, Virginia) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. Rogers's stage name was inspired by Hollywood star Ginger Rogers. , interim executive director for the Henry W. Grady Foundation. "Aetna's generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. allows us to educate physicians about the obstacles many minorities face in the health care system." The Aetna Foundation 2004 regional grant recipients in Georgia: --Emory University --Georgia Partnership for Caring Foundation, Inc. --Henry W. Grady Foundation, Inc. --Partnership Against Domestic Violence --Raksha, Inc. About the Aetna Foundation The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. Founded in 1972, the Foundation seeks to help build healthy communities by funding initiatives that improve the quality of life where our employees and customers work and live. Since 1980, the Aetna Foundation has contributed more than $270 million in grants, scholarships and social investments. The Foundation's giving is focused on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Additional information about the Aetna Foundation is available at www.aetna.com/foundation. About Aetna As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. , group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 13.7 million medical members, 11.9 million dental members, 8.4 million pharmacy members and 13.5 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 655,000 health care professionals, including over 390,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 3,937 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of December 31, 2004) |
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