Pawtucket Central Falls Health Equity Zone (HEZ)
Mission
Focus on adolescent and behavioral health while supporting culturally competent health services.
What we do
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Engage residents around increasing access to healthy affordable food.
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Connect residents to diabetes prevention and self-management programs.
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Adopt nutrition guidelines where food is sold.
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Support healthy housing.
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Empower tenants and increase landlord accountability.
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Build a community kitchen.
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Improve transportation efficiency.
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Create linkages to job training.
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Support small and micro businesses.
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Establish youth coalitions.
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Facilitate positive relationships across diverse neighborhood populations.
HEZ Backbone Agency
Rhode Island Department of Health
