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Longform Lunchtime at Oehrli Elementary School in Montague, Mich. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Michigan's free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, May 30, 2024
Longform Patricia Tillman-Meakins, Tracey Williams, and Becca Fleming at Packard Health Clinic at West Willow. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Community-based health projects offer care for underserved residents in Detroit, Ypsi, and Jackson

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, May 23, 2024
Feature Story Homg Miller leads a fitness class for in person participants at the Detroit office of the Association of Chinese Americans and participants on Zoom. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Metro Detroit project focuses on culturally relevant home care for older Chinese Americans

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, May 8, 2024
Special Report Special report graphic Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Special report: How can Michigan fix a guardianship system that fails some kids and older adults?

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, April 24, 2024
Longform Shelby Coolbaugh, administrative assistant for the Michigan Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (MLTCOP), and Salli Pung, state long term care omubdsman for MLTCOP. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Michigan ombudsman program advocates for residents in long-term care facilities

Estelle SlootmakerFriday, April 19, 2024
Feature Story Hillery Ross, How YOU Birth Doulas Services' administrative coordinator, and Allison Keessen, treasurer for How YOU Birth Doula Services. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Initiative rapidly expands doula ranks in Muskegon County, with major implications for birth equity

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 15, 2024
Feature Story Hillery Ross, How YOU Birth Doulas Services' administrative coordinator, and Allison Keessen, treasurer for How YOU Birth Doula Services. The LakeshoreHealthy Communities

Initiative rapidly expands doula ranks in Muskegon County, with major implications for birth equity

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 15, 2024
Longform Dr. Theresa Hastert (right) helped develop the Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST). Ali Fakih (left) is a research assistant with MI-COST, and Cornelius Wilson (center) sits on its Community Advisory Board. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Here's how Michigan organizations are working to reduce cancer treatment's crushing financial burden

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, April 11, 2024
Feature Story Veronica Bilicki oversees the Patient as Caregiver program. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Henry Ford Health program helps unpaid caregivers stay healthy

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 8, 2024
Longform Kimberly Singh (right), Michigan Oral Health Coalition board member and chief community and governmental affairs officer for My Community Dental Centers, chats with Dental Assistant Kortney Jones. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Oral health care is inaccessible to many Michiganders. This coalition is working to change that.

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, April 4, 2024
Longform Kristin Graham The LakeshoreHealthy Communities

West Ottawa, other area schools adopting successful suicide prevention protocol

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 28, 2024
Longform Kristin Graham, principal of Macatawa Bay Middle School, confers with a student. Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

Successful suicide prevention protocol expands from Corewell hospitals to Western Michigan schools

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 28, 2024
Feature Story Amber Desgranges and Rachel Ruddock of the Michigan Primary Care Association. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
Longform Christine Sauvé. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 21, 2024
Feature Story Robert Sheehan, executive director of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan's social worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 18, 2024
Longform Rabbi Yudi Mann. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

West Bloomfield synagogue will train Jewish leaders on providing behavioral health support

Rylee BarnsdaleThursday, March 14, 2024
Longform Head Start students at St. John's Universal Church of Christ in Jackson learn about cucumbers and dragonfruit in a lesson on mindful eating. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Pilot program in Jackson County aims to support preschoolers' mental health through mindfulness

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 7, 2024
Feature Story Elizabeth Agius, WSU School of Social Work associate director of research administration, with Larry West, Peers to Higher Education project manager. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Wayne State University program helps peer support specialists pursue higher ed in mental health

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 4, 2024
Feature Story Holly Campbell, deputy director of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, and Dr. Pennie Foster-Fishman, project leader for the Northwest Michigan Community Health Innovation Region Behavioral Health Initiative. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Northern Michigan health department spearheads effort to expand behavioral health workforce

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 26, 2024
Longform Dr. Kelsey Sala-Hamrick is the Michigan Public Health Institute's MI ACE project director. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

200-partner collaborative raises awareness about impact of adverse childhood experiences in Michigan

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 22, 2024
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