LOCATION: Provo, UT, U.S.A.

ORGANIZATION TYPE: Education

FOCUS AREA: Children / Families, Public Health, Public Policy

HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES: The health of families is a vital foundation of the health and welfare of communities. Families are dynamic units which may generate and promote health. The family is also the setting where health behavior and decisions are first established, and where culture, values, and social norms are first molded. An approach to health care that places families and communities at the center of the stage and requires an integration of actions and continuity of interventions.