Published 05-15-18
Issued by Aetna Foundation
Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, today released its 2016-2017 Corporate Social Responsibility report. This year’s report covers the 2016 and 2017 calendar years and provides an in-depth look into Aetna’s commitment to building healthy communities.
Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, today released its 2016-2017 Corporate Social Responsibility report. This year’s report covers the 2016 and 2017 calendar years and provides an in-depth look into Aetna’s commitment to building healthy communities.
Aetna’s efforts to strengthen communities go beyond its breadth of work and are ingrained in the company’s values - integrity, excellence, inspiration and caring. By combining philanthropy, community engagement and policy leadership, Aetna is able to improve health for both individuals and communities.
In 2017, Aetna announced a new collaboration with U.S. News & World Report to develop the inaugural Healthiest Communities rankings. Research has shown that your zip code has a greater impact on your life expectancy than your genetic code. The ranking assesses which communities offer their citizens the greatest opportunity to live a productive, healthy life and offers insight into the best approaches for improving public health. While no two communities are the same, all communities can learn about best practices in their own backyard and across the country, then apply these lessons to improve the health of their residents.
The Aetna Foundation is also working to address one of the biggest health issues of this generation – the opioid epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that, in 2016, 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses – three times the rate in 1999 and up 21 percent from 2015. To combat this epidemic, the Aetna Foundation created its Opioid Response Initiative, which will provide $6 million in grants to states hardest hit by the crisis, funding state and local projects that can potentially make a real difference in addressing opioid-related challenges.
Additional Aetna CSR achievements include:
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The Aetna Foundation is dedicated to improving health in local communities and large populations alike. How do we make it happen? Through community-based programs, dynamic partnerships and proven models that can help people accelerate progress everywhere.