Alabama NewsCenter – University of Alabama expands effort to address health inequities

By: Adam Jones

A project led by the University of Alabama (UA) to equip communities in the state to be more resilient to health disparities is expanding its reach.

The Equitable Neighborhoods Initiative (ENI) is adding five communities after a one-year, $3.7 million extension of the original grant. Support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alabama Department of Public Health means the initiative will have access to $7.8 million to work with 20 communities in the state over three years.

Led by the UA Center for Economic Development, ENI aims to address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in communities while helping build capacity to meet future challenges to health and quality of life. Among those served are minority and rural communities that experienced COVID-19 health disparities among high-risk and underserved populations.

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