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National Health Initiative

Identify
prevention
deserts.
Intervene early.
Save lives.

A national epidemiologic surveillance framework helping public health agencies pinpoint high-risk communities and deploy proven prevention programs at scale.

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Founded by a UNC Applied Epidemiology researcher & Mandela Washington Fellow

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6 in 10 Americans live with a chronic disease
80% preventable with early intervention
Community health screening event Doctor reviewing patient data
THE CRISIS
The Problem

A Preventable Crisis,
Hitting Communities Hard

Too many Americans are diagnosed late — or not linked to prevention at all. Prevention deserts persist: places where risk is high and access is critically limited.

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    Preventable chronic diseases — heart disease, diabetes, hypertension — keep claiming lives despite effective interventions existing.
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    Early detection is deeply uneven across regions, leaving entire communities without the safety net of timely diagnosis.
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    High-risk communities often lack access to screening and lifestyle support exactly when and where they need it most.
  • 04
    Fragmented data and siloed programs create missed opportunities — the system fails to act before disease becomes life-threatening.
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Our Solution

A National Epidemiologic
Surveillance & Intervention Framework

Pinpoint Risk

Community profiles and prevention maps revealing where chronic disease risk is highest and prevention access is lowest.

Act Early

Standardized screening protocols and referral pathways that connect at-risk individuals to care before disease progresses.

Sustain Change

Long-term behavior programs and monitoring that embed prevention into community life and measure lasting outcomes.

We help public health departments, healthcare institutions, and community organizations coordinate standardized screening, risk stratification, and culturally adapted behavior-change programs — all in one coherent national framework.

The Framework

From Insight to Action:
Four Pillars

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Pillar One

Standardized Screening

Clear, consistent protocols aligned with USPSTF recommendations for primary care and community settings — removing ambiguity from the first line of prevention.

Primary Care Integration USPSTF-Aligned Protocols Community Outreach
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II
Pillar Two

Risk Stratification & Community Profiles

County-level profiles highlighting burden and disparities, guiding equitable allocation of resources to communities facing the highest risk and the least access.

County-Level Profiles Disparity Mapping Equitable Allocation
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III
Pillar Three

Culturally Adapted Behavior Programs

Lifestyle support — nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation — modeled on CDC's National DPP and co-designed with communities for cultural relevance and long-term adoption.

CDC National DPP Model Cultural Adaptation Lifestyle Coaching
Data dashboard health outcome metrics
IV
Pillar Four

Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

Simple outcomes tracking — screening uptake, referral completion, behavior adoption — that continuously refines programs, demonstrates measurable impact, and builds the evidence base.

Outcomes Tracking Referral Completion Program Refinement
Early Impact

Built to Scale,
Designed to Measure

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Screening Rates

Measurably increase screening uptake in identified prevention deserts, creating a first line of defense where none existed.

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Referral Completion

Improve referral completion and patient follow-up rates through streamlined coordination between care settings.

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Avoidable ED Visits

Reduce preventable emergency department visits for uncontrolled chronic conditions through earlier intervention.

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Program Participation

Boost enrollment and retention in community behavior-change programs, sustaining population-level health gains.

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Who It's For

Built for the Full
Prevention Ecosystem

Agencies & Health Departments

Targeted prevention planning, coordination, and surveillance tools to drive measurable outcomes at scale.

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Hospitals & Clinics

Standardized screening protocols and referral pipelines that integrate into clinical workflows without friction.

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Community Organizations & FQHCs

Culturally relevant education and lifestyle programs co-designed with the communities they serve for lasting adoption and trust.

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Payers & Philanthropy

Evidence-based investments with clearly defined outcomes, measurable returns on health impact, and accountability reporting.

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Data Ethics& Equity
Trust & Governance

Equity, Privacy,
and Community First

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    Deidentified Public Data Only

    Uses only publicly available, deidentified population health indicators. No personal surveillance, no private data.

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    Community Co-Design

    Programs developed with — not for — communities. Cultural adaptation is built into every stage of design and delivery.

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    Transparent Governance

    Open methodology, clear data governance protocols, and ongoing accountability to the communities served.

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Hanan Kadi Abafita, MPH, Founder
Founder & Principal Investigator
UNC Chapel HillMPH · Applied Epidemiology
SPHMMC, EthiopiaMBBS · Medicine & Surgery
YALI NetworkMandela Washington Fellow
Meet the Founder

Hanan Kadi
Abafita

Bridging clinical training and population health to turn evidence into action.

Hanan's work sits at the intersection of epidemiology, public health practice, and community engagement. With clinical training from Ethiopia and graduate work in Applied Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill, she brings both frontline and analytical perspectives to chronic disease prevention.

She partners with public health departments, hospitals, and community leaders to design frameworks that are rigorous in evidence, equitable in reach, and practical in implementation.

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Collaborate

Collaboration
Drives Prevention

We welcome partnerships with health departments, hospitals, community organizations, payers, and funders ready to advance prevention at scale. If your mission touches chronic disease, let's build together.

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What's Next?

Whether you lead a health department, run a clinic, oversee a community organization, or fund public health — we'd love to connect and explore what's possible.