The foundation of our business is rooted in health equity.  According to the CDC, Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment.

Equity Design recognizes that physical activity is one component to helping decrease the health disparities and inequities faced by disadvantaged populations in underserved communities.  This is why collaboration with key partners and stakeholders in education, food safety and security, employment, government, health care, housing and safety play a crucial role in ensuring that these communities have access to resources that will not only decrease health disparities, but will create opportunities for the communities to thrive.

It’s going to take a community…