The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) research and education foundation and think tank focused on the latest developments in media and communications, invite to vote for Health Justice U.S. (HJUS) initiative on the “WeMedia PitchIt Challenge”.
Health Justice U.S. (HJUS) engages individuals, community leaders, organizations, and government agencies to work together using social media to create a viral movement focused on developing innovative solutions to address the countryʼs racial and ethnic health disparity crisis.
Health Justice U.S. is an innovative initiative designed to use social media as the foundation for raising awareness on the issue of racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD), across the United States.
The issue related to health equity are challenging and complex, however, through public will and activism there are individuals and organizations that are addressing health disparities within their community. These individuals and organizations are working to address problems and provide solutions that will positively impact others at a local level
Everyone should have an equal opportunity to be healthy, however, there are many elements that impact health such as the healthcare system, location of living, income status, language barrier, access to healthcare, environment, food deserts, genetics and more. Health disparities exist in the United States in many different forms and there are many factors that contribute to health disparities including race, ethnic background, and socio-economic status.
Health Justice U.S. was created by the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR). On February (2012) the Society for New Communications Research announced that it has received a $175,000 grant from the Connecticut Health Foundation for the Health Justice CT initiative, an innovative movement designed to use social media as the foundation for raising awareness and fostering public will to address the issue of racial and ethnic disparities (REHD) in Connecticut.
Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) is state’s largest independent, nonprofit grant-making foundation dedicated to improving the health of the people of Connecticut through systemic change, program innovation and health policy analysis. Since it was established in July 1999, CT Health has awarded grants totaling $45 million in – children’s mental health, oral health, reducing racial and ethnic health disparities, and health policy and advocacy.
SNCR is a global nonprofit 501 research and education foundation and think tank founded in 2005 to focus on the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society.
SNCR is dedicated to creating a bridge between the academic and theoretical pursuit of these topics and the pragmatic implementation of new media and communications tools and methodologies.
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