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With COVID cases peaking, Michigan seeks solutions to health care worker shortage

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERMonday, January 3, 2022
Partner Content Kevin Fischer. Healthy Communities

Michigan prepares for long-term mental health effects of COVID-19

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, December 16, 2021
Partner Content Dr. Susan Goold and Dr. Renuka Tipirneni have been working on the University of Michigan's evaluation of Michigan's Medicaid expansion. Healthy Communities

Michigan's Medicaid expansion leads to lower uninsured rates, improved health, and cost savings

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, December 9, 2021
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PODCAST: Migrant workers, rural Michigan, and rethinking community during COVID

Issue Media GroupFriday, November 26, 2021
In The News podcast6 Healthy Communities

PODCAST: Reconnecting to behavioral health care in a time of crisis

Issue Media GroupFriday, November 19, 2021
Partner Content Scott Hutchins, school mental health and Medicaid consultant for the Michigan Department of Education Office of Health and Nutrition Services. Healthy Communities

Michigan schools adopt new software to expand mental health services

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, November 18, 2021
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Under-recognized frontline workers help spread word on COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, November 11, 2021
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PODCAST: Combating older adults' loneliness during COVID – and beyond

Issue Media GroupFriday, November 5, 2021
Feature Story A DIGs workshop on asemma, or tobacco. Community Development

Here's how the UP's Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens build health, community, and food sovereignty

Estelle SlootmakerFriday, October 29, 2021
In The News podcast Healthy Communities

PODCAST: How COVID-19 helped Michiganders reconnect to care

Issue Media GroupTuesday, October 26, 2021
Feature Story Duane Breijak, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers' Michigan chapter. Healthy Communities

Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerFriday, October 22, 2021
Feature Story Dr. Brad Merker. Healthy Communities

New clinic helps Michiganders overcome traumas of intensive care

Estelle Slootmaker Friday, October 8, 2021
Longform Norris Stephens of Good Medicine Farms at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market, where participants in Washtenaw County's Prescription for Health program can cash in "prescriptions" for fresh food. Economic Development

Michigan health care providers find success with "prescriptions" for fresh produce and exercise

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, September 22, 2021
Longform Elizabeth Koschmann, director of the University of Michigan's TRAILS program, which is offering free social-emotional learning training and curricula to Michigan schools. Healthy Communities

Michigan is expanding mental health services in schools – and equipping teachers to implement them

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 16, 2021
Longform Cindy Brummette is a school nurse in Grand Ledge Public Schools. Healthy Communities

"We're exhausted": Michigan's school nurses take on heavy burden with COVID-19

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 2, 2021
Longform Antonio Cleveland, a disease intervention specialist with the Jail Health division of Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services, conducts COVID-19 contact tracing and testing for an individual booked into a Wayne County Jail. Healthy Communities

COVID has hit jails hard, but this Wayne County-based collaboration is making them safer

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, August 26, 2021
Longform Nathaniel Bergman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a homebound resident in her home. Healthy Communities

As Delta variant threatens, Michigan works to address lingering vaccine hesitancy

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, August 5, 2021
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