Advancing Equity in Healthcare
PressureCare Kit
Moms are always there for us, so it’s time for us to be there for them. Social Health X Foundation is raising funds to provide pregnant NJ women with blood pressure cuffs and educational material on preventing pregnancy and child-birth related high blood pressure complications and deaths.
Mission: Mom Wellness
They kept us safe, we need to keep them safe. Social Health X Foundation is raising funds to provide pregnant veterans with blood pressure cuffs and educational material on preventing pregnancy and child-birth related high blood pressure complications and deaths.
Health Equity Summit 2023 Coming Soon
Health Equity Summit 2023 Coming Soon
“Inequities currently cost the US healthcare system approximately $320 billion. If left unchecked, the cost of health disparities could reach $1 trillion or more by 2040.”
Deloitte Insights - 2022
“The truth is that not one of the key players—not healthcare providers, pharmaceutical or insurance companies, or patients—benefits from a healthcare system tilted toward those with social and financial advantages.”
Joe Luzi - Trustee
Social Health X Foundation - 2023
Social Health X Foundation (SHX) forges vital connections between the healthcare industry and underserved communities. This results in dramatically improved patient health outcomes, greater public trust in the healthcare industry, and expanded markets and profits for companies.
People who live in marginalized communities are more likely to experience chronic health conditions. For example, Native Americans are nearly twice as likely as White Americans to have diabetes.
In addition, low-income racial and ethnic minorities also tend to experience more severe forms of diseases.
Black women are three times as likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancers. Researchers say some of this disparity is due to social, economic, and environmental conditions where people live, which can significantly impact physical and mental health. Another factor is that low-income people of color tend to face more difficulties accessing healthcare due to issues like not having health insurance or being unable to obtain preventive screening tests where they live.
Fostering Change
To bridge healthcare delivery gaps, SHX promotes community engagement in underserved areas, and social understanding within the healthcare industry. Addressing both sides of the divide is essential to foster change.
