Partner Partner Content Easy-to-access website helps Michigan families Eat Well in a SNAP
The Eat Well in a SNAP site aims to connect people with support and inspiration for seasonal meals and recipes, resources, and conversations about food.
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In your neighborhood: The 43rd Annual Walk for Good Food
Over the past 42 years, the Access of West Michigan Walk for Good (formerly the Hunger Walk) has raised more than $6 million for dozens of local and international nonprofits addressing hunger and food insecurity. In light of COVID-19, instead of congregating in the center city, people who have registered to walk will chart their own 5K courses within their own neighborhoods, all the while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Improving Michigan’s health care system requires changing how we think about health
The model of integrated health is creating positive outcomes through a more holistic approach to care, but providers say our society is just beginning a larger, necessary paradigm shift.
Partner Partner Content For Calhoun ISD, community change starts with healthy classroom food tastings
CISD presents a five-week series of nutrition education sessions in Southwest Michigan classrooms to engage students in healthy eating and fitness activities.
Here’s how Michigan helps elders stay where they want to be: at home
Three out of four people aged 50 and older want to remain at home. While it's the most cost-effective solution for elder care, it does still present some challenges. Here's how Michigan providers are addressing them.
Michigan providers adopt age-friendly health system model to give elders better care
A Michigan hospital is one of five pioneers nationwide for the model, which aims to engage older adults directly in finding out what matters most to their health care.
Safe Haven programs offer rare respite for Michiganders experiencing elder abuse
Michigan elders experiencing abuse often have comparatively few community resources to turn to for help. But the Safe Haven model offers them safe, temporary housing to escape and get back on their feet.
Michigan paramedics are using a new model to promote good health before emergency strikes
Through an increasingly popular new model called community-integrated paramedicine, Michigan paramedics are using their downtime to proactively promote good health and nip emergency room trips in the bud.
Lawyers and doctors are teaming up to provide better health care – and legal aid – to Michiganders
Low-income residents' civil legal problems often receive inadequate or no legal help, and over a third of them are related to healthcare. Medical-legal partnerships are working to change that by integrating free, professional legal services directly into healthcare settings.
Here’s how Michigan providers are improving whole-body health by integrating dental and primary care
The negative effects of poor oral health extend into all elements of patients' lives. But Michigan providers have begun to address that by introducing integrated oral care into their practices.
