Practice

Few older adults use direct-to-consumer health services; many who do don't tell their regular provider

New report from the National Poll on Healthy Aging

Only a small percentage of older Americans have jumped on the rising trend of getting health care services and prescriptions directly from an online-only company, rather than seeing their usual health care providers in person or via telehealth, a new poll finds. But that could change rapidly, the University of Michigan survey suggests.

MolinaCares-funded Michigan Health Equity Challenge selects 10 project finalists

The Michigan Health Equity Challenge, in partnership with the MolinaCares Accord, recently announced the selection of 10 project finalists. The challenge aims to engage U-M graduate students in developing community-based solutions to health equity challenges in Southeast Michigan.

Project HEARD Empowers Community Organizations for Effective Policy Change

The project utilizes community-academic partnerships to work toward defined policy goals set forth using a community-based participatory approach.

Project HEARD (Health Equity via Advocacy for Resources in Detroit), a Detroit URC policy initiative co-led by Michigan Public Health faculty and community partners, supports community-led efforts to advance health equity in Detroit and beyond.

A look at anti-racism and community-based participatory research principles

New essay published in the American Journal of Public Health

University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers published an essay in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) examining the synergies, challenges, and opportunities between the principles of anti-racism and community-based participatory research (CBPR).

Department of Nutritional Sciences to offer new 2-year graduate program in Nutrition and Dietetics

Michigan Public Health will offer a new 2-year graduate program in Nutrition and Dietetics starting in fall 2023. The program will develop entry-level, registered dietitian nutritionists (RDN) with a varied skill set to serve people and communities worldwide through study and training grounded in public health principles.

Region V Public Health Training Center awarded $3.7M to expand the supply, diversity, and capacity of the public health workforce

The Region V Public Health Training Center (RVPHTC) was recently awarded $3.7 million in funding by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The award, which provides funding through June of 2026, will help the center expand its goal to increase the supply, diversity, and capacity of the public health workforce through a variety of tools and programs.