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All of Michigan Still at Risk from COVID-19

...rural Michigan has more in common with Detroit than do many suburban communities. Add in rural Michigan’s older population, high rates of tobacco use, and limited health

Council Briefs

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

What We Learn from Cash Payments to New Mothers in Flint Could Improve Maternal and Infant Health Statewide

...the immediate maternal and infant health concerns, a host of research shows the health impact of parental income on children’s health. For instance, low parental socioeconomic status

Council Briefs

August 24, 2023
Tags cash assistance, flint, infant mortality, Maternal Health, poverty, Public Health

It’s Black Maternal Health Week, but the Data Give Little Cause for Celebration

...long existed in our society, including inequitable differences in health. The current spotlight on these glaring health disparities creates an opportunity for policymakers to address issues of

Council Briefs

April 16, 2021
Tags Black Maternal Health Week, health care, health equity, implicit bias, infant mortality, maternal mortality, maternity, Public Health, racism

You Say Tyranny and I Say Public Health: Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off Just Yet

...of public health has always focused on health at the community/population level. While individuals certainly play a role in their own health, many of the strongest influences

Council Briefs

October 14, 2020
Tags Contact Tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Epidemic, Executive Order, infectious disease prevention, Masks, Pandemic, Physical Distancing, Public Health, Public Health Code, Quarantine, SARS-CoV-2, Social Distancing

States are Forming Public Health Alliances; Michigan Should Consider Joining 

...to respond to the changing nature of federal health policy. These include the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA), the Northeast Public Health Collaborative (NPHC), and the Governors

Council Briefs

November 12, 2025
Tags federal government, Healthcare, Michigan, Public Health, research

Michigan Deserves a Professional Public Health Workforce

...health needs will subside. Bolstering the ranks of Michigan’s public health personnel would give the state valuable epidemiologists, public health analysts, and health educators to deal with

Council Briefs

May 27, 2020
Tags Contact Tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Outbreak, Pandemic, Public Health

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

...marketplace health plans. These commercial health insurance plans will cost the state substantially more than the Medicaid health plans they are replacing. It remains too early to

Council Briefs

April 6, 2018
Tags Healthy Michigan, medicaid

One Michigan, many differences: Urban and rural areas

...are more likely to have a concealed-pistol license. Health outcomes are worse in rural Michigan; income inequality is worse in urban Michigan. The document is full of

Press Release

April 24, 2018
Tags abortion, birth rates, broadband, crime, education, employment, firearms, health, Health Insurance, housing, immigration, income, marriage, partisanship, polarization, population, race

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Michigan Youth with School-Based Health Services

...health professionals, school-based (and school-linked) health centers offer further opportunity to bolster student health and address youth behavioral health needs. School-based health centers are clinics located within

Publication

June 25, 2021

Policy Options to Advance Mental Health in Michigan

...and program design, payment reforms, and holistic approaches to improving health, such as mental health and primary health care integration and a “health in all policies” approach

Council Briefs

November 18, 2021
Tags Behavioral Health, insurance, integrated health, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Michigan, Public Health, social determinants of health
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