NEWS
OUCP/CHECE Tackles Digital Equity for Seniors
Read the Senior Connect Digital Divide program’s New Jersey State Policy Lab blog posts here: Removing Technology Barriers to Address Health Equity Among Older Adults (February 6, 2023)...
Senior Citizens and the Digital Divide
Senior Citizens and the Digital Divide Rutgers University–Newark’s Office of University-Community Partnerships (OUCP), the Advocates for Healthy Living Initiative (AHLI), and community partners launch initiative to address help the digital divide for older adults in...
OUCP New Health Partnership: Building Strong Healthy Communities
OUCP Launches Advocates for Healthy Living Initiative (AHLI) for Seniors
WHO WE ARE
Advocates for Healthy Living Initiative (AHLI) provides our elders with tools and information to live healthier lives. Through base building and collaborations with community and faith-based organizations, we serve as partners in promoting health equity in our community.
Misson
Reduce health disparities, promote health equity, and improve the quality of life among urban seniors through transdisciplinary education, targeted intervention, base building, and collaborative, community-based partnerships.
Vision
Seniors thrive in an environment supported by health advocates and community partners working to increase health literacy, improve healthy living practices, and reduce health disparities, morbidity, and mortality from preventable causes.