2011

Grant Recipient's Report Assesses Health of Chicago

2011

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.

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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.

2011

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.

2011

Aetna To Spend $500,000 On Youth Hockey Program

2011

Program aligns with Aetna's corporate giving strategy of supporting physical activities for children and Aetna Foundation's interest in combatting obesity

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App Challenge: Battle Obesity with Public Health Data

2011

Aetna Foundation President Dr. Anne Beal, speaks with Health Leaders Media on the Launch of the "Aetna Foundation Challenge"

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The Challenge: Exploit Health Data, Create Innovative Apps

2011

Organizations like the Aetna Foundation, and the National Cancer Institute are pushing developers to use government data to help improve the nation's health.

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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

2011

New Student Program Shows Improvements in Strength, Flexibility, and Endurance

2011

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

2011

Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc.'s philanthropic arm is dispensing $250,000 each to four U.S.

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Abstracts Wanted for Aetna Foundation-Supported Issue of Health Affairs

2011

Foxboro schools get grant for 'wellness'

2011

$25,000 Aetna Foundation grant to support evaulation of obesity prevention and wellness program for kids in grades 1-8.

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Aetna Funds Dance Programs To Fight Obesity

2011

Foundation Giving $63,000 To Programs For Minority Children And Families In Low-Income Parts Of Hartford, Harlem, Chicago And San Francisco.

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Aetna Funds Dance Programs To Reduce Obesity

2011

The Aetna Foundation is giving $63,000 to four organizations that offer dance classes as a health-and-fitness program to children and families.

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Aetna investing $1 million to study obesity ‘epidemic'

2011

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.

Study of Chicago neighborhoods tracks prevalence of five key public health issues

2011

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

Researchers Press For More Action On Health Disparities

2011

Aetna Foundation Supports Health Affairs Special Issue on Health Equity

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