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The Public Health Approach to Reducing Gun Violence

...important and long overdue, gun violence is a multifaceted problem that warrants a multidimensional policy response based upon public health principles of risk factor identification, injury prevention,

Council Briefs

July 1, 2022
Tags automobile, Behavioral Health, car, firearm, firearm purchaser license, gun, gun control, gun safety, gun violence, highway, licensure, Mental Health, Motor Vehicle, prevention, Public Health, red flag, safe and secure storage, safety, transportation

Latest Pollution Discharge into Huron River Highlights Need to Reform Michigan’s Pollution Control Policies

...leak through an anonymous tip. This incident initially created the risk of explosion. Once that risk was abated, the concern became toxic substances (especially benzene) affecting air

Council Briefs

September 2, 2022
Tags economic development, Environment, Huron River, Michigan, Polluter Pay, Pollution, Public Health

All of Michigan Still at Risk from COVID-19

...first surfaced in Michigan. Rural Michigan at Risk Most counties in West and Northern Michigan have a high degree of social vulnerability that exceeds the vulnerability measured

Council Briefs

April 20, 2020
Tags Coronavirus, COVID-19, Public Health

‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ Threatens Public Health

Vaccine hesitancy is a growing risk to health in Michigan and globally. Michigan is one of a minority of states that grant parents vaccine waivers for philosophical

Council Briefs

March 14, 2019
Tags Anti-Vaxx, Diseases, Epidemic, Measles, Public Health, Vaccine, Vaccine Hesitancy, Vaccine Waivers

Assessing Health Risks is a Good Start. Now Let’s Get Serious and Do Something About Them.

In a nutshell: Michigan began moving individuals who failed to complete a Health Risk Assessment off of the Healthy Michigan Plan—Michigan’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable

Council Briefs

April 6, 2018
Tags Healthy Michigan, medicaid

Home Is Not Always Where The Heart Is: Domestic Violence & COVID-19

...increases, especially strangulation attempts, the risk of death from domestic violence increases as well. Some communities face greater risks than others. For instance, there were over 18,000

Council Briefs

June 19, 2020
Tags COVID-19, crime, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Public Health, Victim

Education Funding Cuts Require a Scalpel, Not an Axe

...Similarly, SAF dollars to address at-risk students’ needs jumped from $300 million in FY2017 to $500 million today statewide. Despite this massive increase, the effective at-risk funding

Council Briefs

May 7, 2020
Tags budget, COVID-19, school aid, School Aid Fund

Improving Heart Health in the Mitten State

...underlying risk factors that contribute to the disease. While Michigan has made some efforts, there are a number of policies recommended by the CDC that would improve

Council Briefs

April 12, 2023
Tags cardiovascular disease, heart disease, heart health, legislature, Michigan, Public Health

Is Michigan Running Low on Doctors?

...reliable data; however, their conclusions put them at risk of appearing as the proverbial man with a hammer to whom all problems appear as nails. AAMC is

Council Briefs

May 24, 2017
Tags advance practice registered nurse, Doctors, Graduate Medical Education, medicaid, Medicine, nurse practitioner, Nurses, Physicians, primary care, Public Health

Spending Reductions, Risks Likely in Detroit’s Future

...pension funds. The city’s FY2023 General Fund budget restores the pre-pandemic status quo by managing fiscal risks and providing moderate spending increases. Notably, the plan calls for

Council Briefs

May 26, 2022
Tags ARPA, balanced budget, Bridge, bridge detroit, bridge michigan, bridgedetroit, bridgemichigan, City of Detroit, COVID-19, detriot city revenues, Detroit, detroit budget process, detroit city budget, expenditures, financial risk, fiscal, fiscal health, FY2023, FY2023 budget, FY2027, op-ed, opinion, pension cliff, pensions, revenues, spending
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