Aetna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $220,000 in Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- The Aetna Foundation announced that it has awarded grants totaling $220,000 to seven organizations located in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. The amounts and recipients of the grants are: * $40,000 to the Our Lady of Lourdes The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering Foundation in Camden, N.J.; * $35,000 to Women's Development Institute International, Abington, Pa.; * $30,000 to the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of Trenton and Mercer County Mercer County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* $30,000 to the Maternal and Child Health Consortium, West Chester West Chester, borough (1990 pop. 18,041), seat of Chester co., SE Pa., W of Philadelphia; inc. 1799. Primarily residential, West Chester was long the trade and processing center for an agricultural region that is now mainly suburbs. , Pa.; * $30,000 to Penrose School of Philadelphia; * $30,000 to the Carl and Emily Weller Center for Health Education, Easton, Pa.; * $24,000 to Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth. "Aetna is proud to support organizations in Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey who are making great strides in targeting health care issues that affect our communities," said Jeff Lucht, head of National Accounts for Aetna's Mid-Atlantic Region. "We are a major insurer and employer in the area, and recognize our obligation to help address these critical needs." Aetna awarded a $40,000 grant to support a childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. program run by the Our Lady of Lourdes Foundation. The program is aimed at preventing obesity among at-risk Hispanic newborns and toddlers in the Camden, N.J. area. The bilingual education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native program will be conducted for families that seek prenatal care prenatal care, n the health care provided the mother and fetus before childbirth. from the Osborn Family Health Center. The Women's Development Institute International received a $35,000 grant to support its end-of-life care awareness program for the Asian-American community around Abington, Pa. Korean American Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인, Hanja: 韓國系美國人, hangukgye migugin) are Americans of Korean descent. Senior Services of Pennsylvania will provide training to nurse's aides to help them better educate families about end-of-life care choices, including hospice care. Aetna awarded a $30,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County for "Triple Play: Eat Right, Move Right and Live Right", a wellness program focused on nutrition and physical fitness to help combat childhood obesity. The Maternal and Child Health Consortium of West Chester, Pa. received a $30,000 grant to help fund a maternal depression project for low-income and minority women who are either pregnant or post-partum. The consortium will screen women who may be at risk for perinatal perinatal /peri·na·tal/ (-na´t'l) relating to the period shortly before and after birth; from the twentieth to twenty-ninth week of gestation to one to four weeks after birth. per·i·na·tal adj. depression and help them gain access to quality mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . Under a $30,000 Aetna grant, the Penrose School of Philadelphia will design and implement fitness programs to encourage healthy behavior among children in a medically underserved Philadelphia area. Through programs held during school and in the summer, the school will target children who are obese or at risk of becoming obese. Aetna awarded a $30,000 grant to the Carl and Emily Weller Center for Health Education. The grant will help fund the "Food and Fitness for Life" program, which will facilitate obesity education between pediatricians and families at risk in the Easton, Pa. area. The program aims to engage 2,700 students in grades 2 through 4 to review the fundamentals of exercise and nutrition. Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth received a $24,000 grant for an oral health resource guide targeted at health care providers and parents. The guide will include information on the importance of oral health care for children and clarification about how to access Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. Insurance Program) dental benefits. The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. Founded in 1972, the Foundation helps build healthy communities by promoting volunteerism, forming partnerships and funding initiatives that improve the quality of life where our employees and customers live and work. Since inception of this program in 2001, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation have awarded more than $11 million to address critical health issues in communities across the country. The 2006 program focuses on supporting philanthropic initiatives that target depression, childhood health (oral health and obesity, including diabetes) and end-of-life care. Special consideration is given to programs that serve racially and ethnically diverse populations and that enhance access to quality health information and health care.. Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 29.8 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or , group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans and government-sponsored plans. www.aetna.com |
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