Equitable Public Health Solutions

Transforming healthcare through equity, clarity and trust

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Who We Are

Akeia Blue Consulting is a small consulting firm focused on helping health systems, nonprofits, and industry partners strengthen patient-provider trust and reduce disparities by building culturally responsive communications, clinician trainings, and equity-centered strategies.

Materials Development

Develop a variety of materials including social media, one pagers/flyers, infographics and toolkits with culturally appropriate messaging.

Advisory Board Participation

Share expertise across a variety of health topics related to community engagement and health equity.

Strategic Marketing Plan Development

Review existing plans and/or develop strategic communications plans that will reach the right audiences with your messages.

Focus Groups & In-Depth Interviews

Conduct community research to inform the development of strategic plans that consider the needs and voice of the community.

Training Development & Facilitation

Develop and facilitate various workshops on cultural humility, quality improvement and community engagement for clinicians and community leaders.

Who We Work With

Organizations building patient education programs and campaigns

Health systems seeking to train clinical staff in implicit bias and culturally appropriate care

Pharmaceutical and biotech companies reaching patients and clinicians around various health topics

AKEIA BLUE, MPH, MS

Public Health Consultant

Akeia brings several years of experience creating brands, campaigns and strategic plans for a variety of clients, including non-profit organizations, pharmaceutical companies and government offices. Her thoughtful approach to consulting places high-quality client service delivery at the forefront of her work.

Akeia's expertise includes health equity focused public health communications. An expert in multicultural marketing, Akeia uses learnings from the community combined with research and best practices to ensure that appropriate messages are delivered to communities in need at the right place and in the right way.

Akeia also develops trainings for healthcare providers that focuses on implicit biases, cultural humility and community engagement. These trainings include strategies for direct-to-patient communications and engagement of community leaders and trusted voices to share health messages. Her passion is to bring the clinical voice together with the community voice to improve health outcomes for those in medically underserved communities.

Akeia received her Master's degree in Public Health from The George Washington University. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated - Delta Zeta Zeta Chapter. Akeia lives in Prince George's County, MD with her 14-year-old Shih Tzu/Terrier mixed dog, Ally. When she's not traveling the world, Akeia can be found at home crafting and completing DIY projects around her house.

What Clients Are Saying

Akeia was very helpful with a project to develop resources and messaging for various audiences. She was great to work with, able to incorporate our ideas and feedback into a tangible product, and provided helpful framing and language to make sure the documents were health literate and easy to understand.

Kate Taft, Association of Child and Maternal Health Services