Eight health centers across the U.S. participate in Innovation Incubator to find new ways to integrate healthy food into clinical careNow in its second year, the goal of the Innovation Incubator is to share what works with 1,400 health centers providing affordable care for 31+ millionABBOTT PARK, Ill.

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and BETHESDA, Md., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global healthcare company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) have joined together to increase access to healthy foods and improve health through the Innovation Incubator initiative. Eight community health centers have been selected to receive funding, expert guidance and training to design and test new solutions to help advance nutrition and improve care in their communities..

和马里兰州贝塞斯达（BETHESDA，Md.），2024年6月20日/PRNewswire/--全球医疗保健公司雅培（纽约证券交易所：ABT）和全国社区健康中心协会（NACHC）联合起来，通过创新孵化器计划增加健康食品的获取并改善健康。八个社区卫生中心被选中接受资金、专家指导和培训，以设计和测试新的解决方案，帮助改善社区的营养和护理。。

One in eight U.S. households (12.8%) experience food insecurity, or lack of access to an affordable, nutritious diet. Studies show that integrating nutritious food into clinical care can help address chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and/or heart disease. Now in its second year, the Innovation Incubator awardees will bring forward innovative ideas to help heath centers across the country improve access to nutritious food as a part of a healthy lifestyle for their patients, regardless of their ZIP code or ability to pay for health services.

八分之一的美国家庭（12.8%）经历了粮食不安全，或缺乏负担得起的营养饮食。研究表明，将营养食品纳入临床护理可以帮助解决肥胖、糖尿病和/或心脏病等慢性病。创新孵化器奖获得者将在第二年提出创新想法，帮助全国各地的健康中心改善营养食品的获取，作为患者健康生活方式的一部分，无论他们的邮政编码或支付健康服务的能力如何。

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'Food insecurity severely impacts the health of underinvested communities,' said NACHC President and CEO Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP. 'We're thrilled to continue our collaboration with Abbott for the second year as the partner of choice in generating innovative solutions for population health. As the nation's largest primary care network, health centers' highly effective and innovative integrated model of care reaches beyond the walls of the traditional exam room to not only prevent illness but also address the social drivers that may cause poor health.

NACHC总裁兼首席执行官Kyu Rhee（MPP医学博士）说，粮食不安全严重影响了投资不足社区的健康我们很高兴第二年继续与雅培合作，成为产生人口健康创新解决方案的首选合作伙伴。作为全国最大的初级保健网络，保健中心高效创新的综合保健模式超越了传统检查室的界限，不仅可以预防疾病，还可以解决可能导致健康状况不佳的社会驱动因素。

Our focus this year is to create sustainable, effective strategies that solve food challenges and improve nutrition.'.

我们今年的重点是制定可持续、有效的战略，解决粮食挑战，改善营养。”。

'Nutritious food is essential for good health, but far too often it's not available to people who need it,' said Melissa Brotz, president of Abbott Fund and vice president, Global Marketing and External Affairs, Abbott. 'We're excited to work together with NACHC and community health centers across the country to generate innovative and practical ideas to improve access to food, nutrition education and health services to help people live healthier lives.'.

雅培基金会总裁兼雅培全球营销和对外事务副总裁梅丽莎·布罗茨（MelissaBrotz）说，营养食品对身体健康至关重要，但往往对需要的人来说是不可能的我们很高兴能与NACHC和全国各地的社区卫生中心合作，产生创新和实用的想法，以改善获得食物、营养教育和卫生服务的机会，帮助人们过上更健康的生活。”。

Innovating for Health Equity at Community Health Centers

创新社区卫生服务中心的健康公平

As established, trusted institutions, community health centers play a crucial role in addressing health barriers for the people they serve. The aim of the Innovation Incubator is to support health centers in imagining, building and testing sustainable solutions for their unique populations – all with the broader goal of sharing what works with health centers nationwide to advance health access and equity..

社区卫生中心作为公认的、值得信赖的机构，在解决其服务人群的健康障碍方面发挥着至关重要的作用。创新孵化器的目标是支持卫生中心为其独特的人群设想、构建和测试可持续的解决方案，所有这些都有一个更广泛的目标，即与全国各地的卫生中心分享工作成果，以促进健康获取和公平。。

Through a competitive process, health centers across the U.S. submitted their proposals and NACHC selected eight health centers to participate in this year's Innovation Incubator, focused on improving health equity through access to nutritious food. Projects include work across a number of areas, from creating community gardens and conducting nutrition education, to providing expectant mothers and people with chronic diseases with the customized nutrition they need.

通过竞争过程，美国各地的健康中心提交了他们的提案，NACHC选择了八家健康中心参加今年的创新孵化器，重点是通过获得营养食品来改善健康公平。项目包括多个领域的工作，从创建社区花园和开展营养教育，到为孕妇和慢性病患者提供他们所需的定制营养。

The eight health centers receiving funding through the 2024 Innovation Incubator initiative include:.

通过2024年创新孵化器计划获得资金的八个健康中心包括：。

Affinia Healthcare, St. LouisAsian Health Services, Oakland, Calif.Cabin Creek Health Systems, Charleston, W.Va.Delaware Valley Community Health, PhiladelphiaWhite House Clinics, Richmond, Ky.Mainline Health Systems, Inc., Monticello, Ark.Tri-Area Community Health, Laurel Fork, Va.Urban Health Plan, New YorkThese health centers will develop and test new solutions over six months, putting the unique perspectives, experiences and challenges of their communities at the forefront. Centers will be supported by subject matter experts across diverse fields through individualized coaching and mentoring to help design and implement their projects..

Affinia Healthcare，St.LouisAsian Health Services，Oakland，Calif。Cabin Creek Health Systems，Charleston，W.Va。Delaware Valley Community Health，PhiladelphiaWhite House Clinics，Richmond，Ky。Mainline Health Systems，Inc.，Monticello，Ark。Tri-Area Community Health，Laurel Fork，Va。Urban Health Plan，New York这些保健中心将在六个月内开发和测试新的解决方案，将其社区的独特观点，经验和挑战置于最前沿。各中心将由不同领域的主题专家通过个性化辅导和指导提供支持，以帮助设计和实施其项目。。

Each center will be awarded $30,000 and will have a chance to win one of two additional recognition awards at a live competitive pitch session in Fall 2024. NACHC will share the results with 1,400 health centers across the country, informing the care of more than 31 million patients.

每个中心将获得30000美元的奖金，并有机会在2024年秋季举行的现场竞争性推介会上获得另外两个奖项之一。NACHC将与全国1400家卫生中心分享结果，为3100多万患者提供护理服务。

'In response to higher rates of both food insecurity and chronic illnesses that can be better managed through healthier diets, Urban Health Plan and many of our community partners in the Bronx have prioritized making healthy food accessible to residents through food pantries, farmers markets, and regular food distribution events,' said Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, president and CEO, Urban Health Plan.

城市健康计划总裁兼首席执行官帕洛玛·伊兹奎尔多·埃尔南德斯（PalomaIzquierdo Hernandez）说：“为了应对食品不安全和慢性病的高发病率，通过更健康的饮食可以更好地管理这些疾病，城市健康计划和我们在布朗克斯的许多社区合作伙伴已经优先考虑通过食品储藏室、农贸市场和定期的食品分发活动为居民提供健康食品。”。

'That's why we're excited to be part of the Innovation Incubator. We're planning to bring in local chefs to help educate our community on preparing healthier meals with a focus on affordable and culturally relevant foods that can be found locally. With support from Abbott and NACHC, we aim to help our neighbors with chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension eat better and healthier.'.

“这就是为什么我们很高兴成为创新孵化器的一部分。我们计划聘请当地厨师，帮助教育我们的社区准备更健康的饭菜，重点是当地可以找到的价格合理且与文化相关的食物。在雅培和NACHC的支持下，我们的目标是帮助患有糖尿病和高血压等慢性病的邻居吃得更好更健康。”。

2023 Incubator Impact

2023年孵化器影响

With funding support from Abbott, NACHC's Center for Community Health Innovation and other experts from across the organization launched the inaugural incubator in March 2023, with a focus on finding new ways to break down the 'digital divide' in health by addressing key digital and health literacy challenges in communities.

在雅培（Abbott）的资助下，NACHC社区卫生创新中心和该组织其他专家于2023年3月启动了首届孵化器，重点是通过解决社区中关键的数字和健康素养挑战，寻找打破健康“数字鸿沟”的新方法。

Eight health centers across the U.S. participated in the incubator, reaching more than 45,000 people with projects that included accessing telehealth care, understanding and using electronic registration and web portal tools, and meeting language and rural health needs..

美国八家健康中心参与了该孵化器，为45000多人提供了项目，包括访问远程医疗保健、理解和使用电子注册和门户网站工具，以及满足语言和农村健康需求。。

About Community Health Centers:

关于社区卫生中心：

Since the nation's first Community Health Centers opened in 1965, expansion of the federally supported health center system to over 1,400 organizations created an affordable health care option for more than 31 million people. Health centers provide access to crucial and comprehensive primary care by reducing barriers such as cost, lack of insurance, distance, and language for their patients.

自1965年美国第一家社区保健中心开业以来，联邦政府支持的保健中心系统扩展到1400多个组织，为3100多万人提供了负担得起的保健选择。医疗中心通过减少成本、缺乏保险、距离和患者语言等障碍，为患者提供关键和全面的初级保健服务。

In doing so, health centers — also called Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) – provide substantial benefits and cost-savings to the country and its health care system. For more information on their essential role in public health, visit NACHC.org..

通过这样做，医疗中心（也称为联邦合格医疗中心（FQHCs））为国家及其医疗保健系统提供了可观的利益和成本节约。有关他们在公共卫生中的重要作用的更多信息，请访问NACHC.org。。

About NACHC:

关于NACHC：

NACHC is the leading innovative change agent collaborating with affiliates and partners to advance Community Health Centers as the foundation of an equitable health care system free from disparities and built on accessible, patient-governed, high-quality, integrated primary care. For more information, visit NACHC.org. .

NACHC是领先的创新变革推动者，与附属机构和合作伙伴合作，推动社区卫生中心成为公平医疗体系的基础，不存在差异，建立在可获得的、患者管理的、高质量的综合初级保健基础上。有关更多信息，请访问NACHC.org。

About Abbott:

关于雅培：

Abbott supports the Innovation Incubator as part of its broader work to innovate for greater access and affordability in health, the key priority of Abbott's 2030 Sustainability Plan.

雅培支持创新孵化器，作为其更广泛的创新工作的一部分，以实现更大的健康获取和负担能力，这是雅培2030年可持续发展计划的关键优先事项。

Through its businesses and in partnership with others, Abbott and its foundation Abbott Fund are investing in communities to help remove the barriers that prevent people from living healthy lives.

雅培及其基金会雅培基金（Abbott Fund）通过其业务和与他人的合作，正在对社区进行投资，以帮助消除阻碍人们健康生活的障碍。

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

雅培是一家全球医疗保健领导者，帮助人们在生命的各个阶段都生活得更加充实。我们的生命改变技术组合涵盖了医疗保健领域，拥有诊断、医疗器械、营养品和品牌仿制药领域的领先业务和产品。我们的114000名同事为160多个国家的人民服务。

Connect with us at www.abbott.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube..

请通过www.abbott.com、LinkedIn、Facebook、Instagram、X和YouTube与我们联系。。

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