Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 4 Stories Filtered by Diet and Exercise, Family and Social Support, Public Health, and Michigan Part II: Moving Into Action in Clare County/Central Michigan October 12, 2012 As a result of the 2010 Public Health Summit, the Central Michigan District Health Department created the Together We Can Health Improvement Council, which... Read more Working Together Creatively to Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice September 4, 2012 Twenty years ago George Sedlacek, the Director of Community Health inMarquette County, MI, was lambasted in the local news as a “health Nazi.” Now... Read more Part I: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 Kirk Smith wasn’t surprised when Genesee County’s health behaviors ranked last among Michigan’s 82 counties in the 2010 County Health Rankings. Read more Part II: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 In an April 2011 Rankings in Action webinar, Kirk Smith, president and CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) commented that the 2011... Read more
Part II: Moving Into Action in Clare County/Central Michigan October 12, 2012 As a result of the 2010 Public Health Summit, the Central Michigan District Health Department created the Together We Can Health Improvement Council, which... Read more
Working Together Creatively to Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice September 4, 2012 Twenty years ago George Sedlacek, the Director of Community Health inMarquette County, MI, was lambasted in the local news as a “health Nazi.” Now... Read more
Part I: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 Kirk Smith wasn’t surprised when Genesee County’s health behaviors ranked last among Michigan’s 82 counties in the 2010 County Health Rankings. Read more
Part II: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 In an April 2011 Rankings in Action webinar, Kirk Smith, president and CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) commented that the 2011... Read more