The Wellness Coalition has been awarded an AstraZeneca Foundation Health Equity Grant to provide critical mission support for its efforts to address health disparities in the River Region. The Wellness Coalition is a longstanding grant recipient of the AstraZeneca Foundation’s Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM Next Generation program, which has worked to help improve heart health across the US since 2020, particularly among underserved communities, and will sunset later this year.
The Wellness Coalition’s HeartLink program seeks to improve the cardiovascular health and health behaviors of uninsured and underinsured adults in Alabama’s River Region, through:
- Access to primary care
- Health insurance
- Free/low-cost medications
- Community resources
- Self-management of cardiovascular disease, delivered by trained Wellness Navigators providing wellness case management and chronic disease self-management education
The HeartLink program is available to adult residents of Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, and Montgomery counties. In this free wellness program, participants can learn how to manage and prevent chronic health issues such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and more! Participants also get:
- Help setting and achieving wellness goals
- Access to wellness resources
- Free enrollment in lifestyle change and/or chronic disease self-management classes
- A free blood pressure monitor upon program completion
“Through HeartLink, we have successfully empowered our participants to improve their heart health and make positive lifestyle changes,” said Martine Rocker, wellness programs coordinator for The Wellness Coalition. “This additional grant will allow us to continue our life-changing work to address the social determinants of health and ultimately advance health equity in the River Region.”
Call (334) 293-6502 to sign up or learn more.
About AstraZeneca Foundation
The AstraZeneca (HealthCare) Foundation works to advance health equity and foster community wellbeing in the US through strategic grant-giving and capacity-building support for nonprofit organizations. The Foundation also provides financial support for AstraZeneca employees affected by federally declared disasters in the US and its territories. Established in 1993 as a nonprofit charitable organization, the Foundation is a separate legal entity from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals with distinct legal restrictions. For more information and updates, visit www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation.