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Community Impact

Community Focused

Our commitment to improving community health is based on a simple principle – love your neighbor. The love we give is easily accessible, quality healthcare services that meets individuals where they are. Through community engagement, we eliminate all barriers to accessing quality healthcare. 

Cardiometabolic Disease Impact

Individuals with one or more cardiometabolic disease have to access more healthcare services more frequently to receive the level of care they need to properly manage their condition and avoid other health-related complications. Utilizing more health care services requires more resources and these resources are often pulled from other areas of need. Everyone shares this burden. Partnering with us will help reduce the need for individuals to access more health care. It will help reduce disease prevalence, build healthier communities and lower the financial strain these conditions cause. Partnering with us will have far reaching benefits for everyone.

17% Prevalence

Almost 2 out of every 10 people in Mississippi have diabetes. If diabetes goes untreated or is poorly managed, it can lead to numerous other health complications further increasing burdens.

$5bn Total Annual Costs

Direct medical costs: $3.4 billion (for medical expenses), Indirect costs: $1.7 billion (for reduced productivity). Costs for Mississippi's Medicaid program alone are nearly $1 billion annually.

Our Impact

Our work in diabetes helps reduce the state economic burden by roughly $15mil per year. We have a primary care patient population of over 600 individuals, 85% of them have diabetes. 100% have improved diabetes related health outcomes. Our Diabetes Management and Prevention Network annually serves over 1500 individuals.

40.1% Prevalence

Obesity is a main risk factor of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack and stroke. Mississippi has the 3rd highest prevalence of obesity.

$4.3bn Total Annual Costs

People with obesity face higher medical costs resulting from obesity related chronic diseases. The economic impact is compounded by lower workforce productivity.

Our Impact

100% of the people we serve in our primary care setting have obesity. 100% of these individuals have improved their obesity related health outcomes. Our childhood obesity program can help reduce state economic burden by $907k per year.

46% Prevalence

Mississippi has the highest prevalence of high blood pressure in the country. Over 52% of adults in Mississippi with an income less than $15k have high blood pressure.

$2.8bn Total Annual Costs

Adults with high blood pressure have approximately $2,926 more in total annual expenditures and $328 more in out-of-pocket costs compared to those without hypertension.

Our Impact

We host and participate in upwards of 30 community events per year with the intent of improving community blood pressure levels. Through our community engagement efforts, we have been able to counsel over 10k individuals on ways to improve blood pressure.

40% Prevalence

4 out of 10 people in Mississippi have high cholesterol with over 50% of adult with an income less the $25k having high cholesterol. High cholesterol is a main contributor of heart attack and stroke.

$120m Total Annual Costs

High prevalence of high cholesterol and related conditions lead to significant overall healthcare spending and high mortality rates from associated diseases.

Our Impact

We organize and host 8 to 12 cholesterol screening events per year where individuals in underserved communities can receive necessary cholesterol screenings. Early detection of high cholesterol can significantly reduce heart attack and stroke rates.

35% Prevalence

An estimated 814k individuals in Mississippi have prediabetes and approximately 80k additional individuals have prediabetes and are unaware.

$407m Total Annual Costs

If prediabetes goes unaddressed, it can lead to type 2 diabetes and further compound the economic burden. The estimated cost of prediabetes per person is $500.00.

Our Impact

We are a CDC recognized National Diabetes Prevention Program, a program that serves individuals with prediabetes, helping them prevent type 2 diabetes. 100% of our program participants have prevented type 2 diabetes.
H.E.A.L. Mississippi is a
healthcare organization whose mission is to reduce the impact
of diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases
in Mississippi.

Contact Us

  • 338 Oak St.
    Jackson, MS 39203
  • Contact Us
    +1 601-914-0905
  • Monday to Thurs
    9:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday
    9:00 am to 3:00 pm
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