Geography: Michigan

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice in Rural Communities

District Health Department #10 created this poster to highlight their local work on healthy food access during the CPHMC project, and was presented at NWA’s Annual Conference in April 2017. […]

Stepping out of the WIC Box: A Community Effort to Improve Access to Healthy Foods in Oceana County, MI

District Health Department #10 created this poster to highlight their local work encouraging healthy food choices in stores and restaurants and creating partnerships to strengthen their referral system. This poster […]

Comparison of WIC Benefit Redemptions in Michigan Indicates Higher Utilization Among Arab American Families

About 12% of WIC families fully redeemed their benefits in March, 2012. Compared with non- Arab/non-Hispanic families, Arab American WIC families were significantly more likely to use all of their monthly WIC benefits, even after controlling for family characteristics.

Changes in Household Food Insecurity are Related to Changes in BMI and Diet Quality Among Michigan Head Start Preschoolers in a Sex-Specific Manner

In summary, we found that BMI and diet quality changes of Head Start preschool girls were correlated with short-term changes in household food insecurity.

Altarum Institute CPHMC Evaluation Report: Cohort #1

The Altarum Institute was NWA’s evaluation partner during the CPHMC project and created this evaluation report of Cohort #1 programs. Altarum Institute’s Center for Food and Nutrition was contracted to conduct […]