Rosalynn Carter Receives Aetna Voice of Conscience Award.ATLANTA -- --Former First Lady Honored For Mental Health Advocacy The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Work -- 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 will present Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady of the United States First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States, the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting President. and a tireless advocate for improved access to mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , with the 2005 Aetna Voice of Conscience Award, honoring her commitment to improving the lives of people around the world. Aetna Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John W. Rowe, M.D., will present the award, which includes a $50,000 donation to a charity of Mrs. Carter's choice, in a ceremony at The Carter Center The Carter Center is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. It is located at 453 Freedom Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia. . Mrs. Carter will donate the $50,000 grant to The Carter Center Mental Health Program. "Rosalynn Carter has served as a catalyst for positive change to improve the lives of millions of people," said Dr. Rowe. "Through her efforts over more than three decades, Mrs. Carter has focused much-needed national attention on the plight of people suffering from mental illnesses. As a champion for this cause, she has helped reduce the stigma that prevents many people from receiving proper care." As First Lady, Mrs. Carter served as honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health during the Carter administration, which resulted in the passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980. She created and serves as chair of The Carter Center's Mental Health Task Force, which aims to promote positive changes in the mental health field. The Carter Center is a private, not-for-profit institution Mrs. Carter founded in 1982 along with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter. Each year, The Carter Center hosts the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, which brings together public and private sector leaders from medicine, business and academia to address critical issues in mental health. The award presentation was held in conjunction with this year's symposium. The Voice of Conscience Award was established in 1993, after the death of tennis great and humanitarian Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., who served for more than a decade on the board of directors of Aetna and the Aetna Foundation. The annual award honors an individual citizen/leader who emulates the selfless commitment to education, civil rights, health and human services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS that Ashe demonstrated. Past recipients of Aetna's Voice of Conscience Award include The Honorable Alan C. Page (1994), Eunice Kennedy Shriver Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (born July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.), is a member of the Kennedy family. Her father was Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and her mother was Rose Kennedy. (1998), Ambassador Andrew Young (2002) and Dr. David Satcher (2004). (See below for complete list of recipients) Mrs. Carter has maintained a lifelong dedication to issues affecting women and children. In 1991 she launched with Mrs. Betty Bumpers, wife of former U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, "Every Child by Two," a nationwide campaign to publicize the need for early childhood immunizations. She served on the Policy Advisory Board of The Atlanta Project, a program of The Carter Center addressing the social ills associated with poverty and quality of life citywide, from the program's inception in 1991 until its transfer to Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. in 1999. In 1988 she convened, with three other former first ladies, the "Women and the Constitution" conference to assess that document's impact on women. Outside the center, Mrs. Carter is president of the board of directors for the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI RCI Royal Caribbean International RCI Radio Canada International RCI Rehabilitation Council of India RCI Residential Communities Initiative RCI Roof Consultants Institute RCI Remote Control Interface RCI Residential, Commercial, Industrial ) at Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia, is a school in the University System of Georgia. History Pre 1960s Georgia Southwestern State University, a four-year unit of the University System of Georgia, was founded in 1906 as the Third , which was established in her honor on the campus of her alma mater in Americus, Ga. Through research, education and training, the RCI promotes the mental health and well-being of individuals, families, and professional caregivers; delineates effective caregiving practices; builds public awareness of caregiving needs; and advances public and social policies that enhance caring communities. She also works with Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. , a network of volunteers who build homes for the needy, and Project Interconnections, a public/private non-profit partnership to provide housing for homeless people who have mental illnesses. The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna. Founded in 1972, the Foundation seeks to help build healthy communities by funding initiatives that improve the quality of life where its employees and customers work and live. Since 1980, the Aetna Foundation has contributed more than $270 million in grants, scholarships and social investments. As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, 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 14.65 million medical members, 13.03 million dental members, 9.34 million pharmacy members and 13.67 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 700,000 health care professionals, including over 418,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 4,231 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of September 30, 2005) Aetna Voice of Conscience Award Recipients 1994 - Alan C. Page, Wendy S. Kopp, Neil I. Willenson 1995 - Monsignor William J. Linder, Julius L. Chambers, Marie-Louise Ramsdale 1996 - Oseola McCarty, Roland F. Gutierrez, Kobi Little 1997 - Richard E. Lapchick, Henry J. Fernandez, Dierdra A. Gray, Rachel Robinson 1998 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver 2002 - Ambassador Andrew Young 2003 - Raul Yzaguirre 2004 - David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. |
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