Researchers Press For More Action On Health Disparities
Aetna Foundation Supports Health Affairs Special Issue on Health Equity
Grant Recipient's Report Assesses Health of Chicago
An Aetna- and Aetna Foundation-supported study by Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, found that the south and southwest sides of Chicago suffer the most in terms of residents' health and access to basic health resources. News coverage of the study included The Chicago Sun-Times, WTTW-TV, News Medical, and Progress Illinois.
Anne Beal served as a judge and a spokesperson for Aetna’s Healthy Food Fight along with celebrity chef Anne Beal. The campaign got underway with an employee cook-off and was featured in an on-location news report airing on WVIT-TV, Hartford, Conn.
Anne Beal was interviewed on Tuned2Health, airing on New York City's WHTZ-FM, also known as Z100. The half-hour interview on the obesity epidemic, health equity issues and the Aetna Foundation can be heard on the Tuned2Health website.
Study of Chicago neighborhoods tracks prevalence of five key public health issues
The south and southwest sides of Chicago suffer the most in terms of residents' health and access to basic health resources, according to a new study of 77 Chicago neighborhoods says a new study funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation
Aetna to Spend $500,000 on Youth Hockey Program
Program aligns with Aetna's corporate giving strategy of supporting physical activities for children and Aetna Foundation's interest in combatting obesity
App Challenge: Battle Obesity with Public Health Data
Aetna Foundation President Dr. Anne Beal, speaks with Health Leaders Media on the Launch of the "Aetna Foundation Challenge"
The Challenge: Exploit Health Data, Create Innovative Apps
Organizations like the Aetna Foundation, and the National Cancer Institute are pushing developers to use government data to help improve the nation's health.
Aetna Foundation and Health 2.0 Announce the Launch of the "Aetna Foundation Challenge" to Help Health Experts in Obesity Field Make Better Use of Government Data
New Student Program Shows Improvements in Strength, Flexibility, and Endurance
Aetna (NYSE:AET) and the Aetna Foundation, in collaboration using the Harris County Hospital District, have launched a 15-week nutrition and use competition between fifth- and sixth-graders at Youngblood Intermediate School in the Alief Independent School District (AISD) in Houston. Your competition, named the 3-Point PlaySM, was introduced in Houston in 2009 by Aetna to help combat childhood obesity.
Aetna’s $1M Backs Four Care R&D Studies
Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc.'s philanthropic arm is dispensing $250,000 each to four U.S. hospitals and medical schools to underwrite their R&D into improving future delivery of health care to children, the needy and the chronically diseased.
Abstracts Wanted for Aetna Foundation-Supported Issue of Health Affairs
Foxboro, Mass Schools Get Grant for 'Wellness'
$25,000 Aetna Foundation grant to support evaulation of obesity prevention and wellness program for kids in grades 1-8.
Aetna Funds Dance Programs To Fight Obesity (article and video)
Foundation Giving $63,000 To Programs For Minority Children And Families In Low-Income Parts Of Hartford, Harlem, Chicago And San Francisco.
Aetna Funds Dance Programs To Reduce Obesity
The Aetna Foundation is giving $63,000 to four organizations that offer dance classes as a health-and-fitness program to children and families. The donations are part of the Hartford-based health insurer's overall effort to reduce obesity rates, particularly for minorities who are at greater risk of becoming obese.
Aetna investing $1 million to study obesity ‘epidemic'
Hartford health insurer Aetna is investing $1 million through its philanthropic arm to support five research studies designed to better understand the causes of the nation's obesity epidemic and develop viable solutions to the core problems.
Aetna Foundation President Anne C. Beal, MD, MPH, Defines Integrated Care in Brief Published by Dep't. of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
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Aetna Foundation and Aetna Employees Celebrate the Holidays by Giving to Others
Watch this news story from WTNH-TV
Aetna Employees Donate Toys, Cash
Employees of Aetna donated more than 600 toys to several area Greater Hartford and Middletown, Connecticut charities
$10,000 grant will Support Programming at Maryland Elementary School
Linthicum Elementary School recently received a $10,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation that will allow them to continue offering a Junior Achievement program.
Aetna to Study Care Improvements
The Aetna Foundation national study, to be conducted by researchers at RAND Corp., will be among the first to examine the impact of poor care coordination on the quality and cost of care in America.
Study Examining Cost of Poorly Coordinated Care Could Help ACOs
A new study funded by the Aetna Foundation will examine the impact of poorly coordinated care on the quality and cost of care, according to a release by the Aetna Foundation. The two-year study, focusing on patients with chronic illnesses, could provide data to help accountable care organizations be more effective. A key goal of ACOs is to reduce costs and improve quality through better coordinated care.
School Program for Healthy Kids Includes Families
Nearly 500 students at a D.C. charter school are taking part in a unique nutrition and exercise program created by the Aetna Foundation
Nonprofits Get Creative to Make Ends Meet
Connecticut-based nonprofits are seeking new ways raise funds in a challenging economy
The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog Cites Aetna Study on Breast Cancer Genetic Testing
Who gets tested for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations? The Wall Street Journal's
blog on health discusses the upcoming Aetna-funded study that aims to determine if the women most at risk are getting tested
