Our Equity Fellowship addresses the five Social Determinants of Health, which are economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care, and neighborhood and built environment.
We have continued to align our areas of focus with the Plan for a Healthier Allegheny. To learn more about these priority areas from the Plan for a Healthier Allegheny, visit the Allegheny County website: https://tinyurl.com/planhealthyallegheny *
Applicants’ Project Proposals should focus on one of these critical priority areas, including:
Physical Health
- Promoting Physical Health & Reducing Chronic Disease
- Infant Breastfeeding
- Healthy Eating Behaviors
- Increasing Physical Activity
- Reducing Tobacco, Drug, Vaping, Alcohol Use
- Increasing Access to Healthcare
- Access to Healthcare: Preventative and Primary Care Services
- Access to Dental Care
- Access to Insurance
- Addressing Racial Disparities
- Reducing Racial Disparity in Infant and Maternal Mortality
- Reducing Racial Disparity in Mortality Rates from Chronic
- Diseases (Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Cancer)
- Reducing Racial Disparity in Life Expectancy
Behavioral Health
- Providing Access to Behavioral Health Services
- Access to Mental Health or Substance Use Treatment
- Child/Teen Alcohol and Drug Programming
- Overdose Prevention
- Suicide Prevention
- Address Racial Disparities in Overdose Deaths
- Integration of Mental Health into Physical Health Programs
- Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being
- Programs for Families with Infants and Toddlers with
- Demonstrated Effectiveness to Improve Outcomes
- High-Quality Early Learning Programs for Children Birth to 5Y
- Parental Support Programs
- Social and Emotional Health Curriculum and Services for children and teens
- Adult Mental Health Programming
Environmental Health
- Stable and Safe Housing
- Reducing Homelessness
- Access to Housing Meeting Health Standards
- Reducing Blood Lead Levels in Children
- Lessening Violence in Homes and Communities
- Reducing Gun-Related Injuries
- Violence-Prevention Programming
- Preparing Communities for Impacts of Climate Change
- Air Quality Education and Monitoring; Asthma
- Water Quality Education and Monitoring
- Lead Exposure Education and Evaluation; Lead Poisoning
- Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Education and Contaminant Testing; Health Evaluation
- Radon Education and Mitigation
*Other priority areas will be considered. Please reach out to bmassar@pittsburghschweitzer.org to gauge if we would accept your project proposal.
