Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Education & Literacy
- Health & Medicine
- Race & Ethnicity
Location
GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences515 Michigan St. NE, Suite 102Grand Rapids, MI 49503 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
To promote health care parity in the Grand Rapids African community through advocacy, education and research to achieve positive health outcomes.
Description
The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute (GRAAHI) will work to repair the despair by addressing health disparities faced by African Americans through advocacy, education and research.
Advocacy - GRAAHI will expand the reach and effectiveness of its advocacy efforts in order to influence the delivery of health care.
Education - In an effort to identify effective strategies that promote health equity, GRAAHI will work to increase the availability of data on local health disparities and to educate the community about existing disparities.
Research - GRAAHI will work to advance understanding of the development and the progression of disease as they contribute to health disparities.