New platform offers free, live online classes to reduce loneliness for Michigan’s older adults
A variety of interactive sessions are now available to older adults through the San Francisco-based company GetSetUp.
State of Health
State of Health is a series about how communities and organizations are addressing Michigan's health challenges and concerns. This series is made possible with funding from a building coalition of funders, including Delta Dental Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
CARES Act dollars support Michigan children’s mental health through state’s Education Equity Fund
328 Michigan public school districts and charter schools have received dollars from the new state fund to support students' mental health and bridge the digital divide.
Saginaw health workers among first to try new tech that creates personalized diets for diabetics
Over the past year at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, employees living with Type 2 diabetes have participated in a pilot program that develops personalized diets for them based on the unique population of microbes found in their digestive systems.
For Michigan’s Indigenous residents, decolonized food is medicine that decreases health disparities
Educators across Michigan are working to improve the health of the state's Indigenous people by reconnecting them to the foods and agricultural practices that are their pre-colonial heritage.
Mental health millages meet crucial needs in four Michigan counties
When state budget cuts gutted community mental health budgets in 2014 and 2015, voters in Ottawa, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Washtenaw counties all approved millages that have significantly expanded mental health services.
Michigan Dementia Coalition seeks to maximize quality of life for those living with dementia
For individuals with dementia and their families, a dementia diagnosis can feel like a death sentence. The Michigan Dementia Coalition is working to change that.
Michigan health care professionals work to assuage skepticism as they roll out COVID-19 vaccines
Health care professionals across Michigan are doing their best to respond to Michiganders' concerns and deliver the vaccine to as many residents as possible.
Michigan grapples with COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on people of color’s mental health
COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health in Michigan and across the world, but new Wayne State University (WSU) research shows that burden has been heaviest for people of color.
Major health care players collaborate to rethink how they invest in Washtenaw County’s well-being
Four organizations are working to cooperatively leverage their combined skills, talents, networks, and financial resources to achieve optimal physical and mental health.
Michigan makes strides towards implementing implicit bias training for all health care workers
The state is currently undertaking a major effort to address implicit bias in its health care sector, developing rules that require implicit bias training for all health care professionals licensed and registered in the state.
