The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance will convene local partners to develop a sustainable plan and policy recommendations to reduce overprescribing and/or unnecessary, inappropriate medication use among older adults. During the planning phase, MiHIA will partner...
The goal of this project is to connect coalitions across the Great Lakes Bay region with resources, professional development, and consultative support to accelerate and share approaches for preventing and addressing trauma and adverse childhood events (ACEs) and...
Midland County Cancer Society will improve and expand its nutrition education and transportation programs and provide a part-time case manager to support families with children undergoing cancer treatment.
This program intends to improve the health of older adults living in areas where it is challenging to access traditional and specialty healthcare. Connect Michigan will conduct community surveys to assess the use of telemedicine to provide access to numerous...
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services aims to increase the recruitment and retention of providers offering medication assisted treatment (MAT) and substance use disorder (SUD) counseling/therapy services in 21 of Michigan’s highest need counties. by...
This project aims to increase the number of aging services professionals exposing students at the Central Michigan University School of Medicine to careers in gerontology and aging services. Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation will place future health...
Go Outside! is a community-based obesity prevention program for children in rural northeast Michigan. The program includes three initiatives, each offering hands-on, interactive activities that highlight nutrition, physical activity and fitness, and positive healthy...
The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) will create a health data dashboard to provide a central resource for health care providers, public health departments, educators, and other stakeholders in a 14 county region. MiHIA will also convene a steering...
The Safe Food=Healthy Kids project will reduce the incidence of foodborne illness in young children by increasing the use of safe food handling practices and food safety techniques in childcare settings. At least 100 childcare providers will participate in food safety...
