Health Equity Zone Project Officer
Rhode Island Department of Health Health Equity Zone Initiative
Providence, RI
Nadine Tavares is the Lead Project Officer for the Health Equity Zone Initiative (HEZ) at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). There she supports communities in working towards achieving optimal health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health through community-led capacity-building strategies. Her experiences emigrating to America have led her to pursue a career in addressing the deepest fractures and inequities within health and social service systems. She began her career in public health as a sexual and reproductive health educator. She also has a background in social work and counseling, supporting families in crisis through trauma-informed care as well as the implementation of preventative and sustainable solutions. She has extensive experience bridging the divide between communities and state systems, such as child protective services. She also serves as the RIDOH Maternal Child Health Program’s Family Delegate, working with Title V programs and communities to advise, promote, and educate families and policymakers on new and existing programs and state policies impacting families. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and proud mother to Abel, her 7-year-old son.
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D2 - Keeping the P’s: Purposeful Partnership in the Health Equity Zone Initiative
Monday, April 15, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT