A Critical Challenge Among Health Challenges: Health Literacy
By Dennis Archambault Literacy – the ability to understand language and concepts of safe and healthy living – is a challenge for around 50 percent of Detroiters. Health literacy,... continue reading.
Double-up Food Bucks Renewed After Pause
Low-income families will benefit from restored funding in the Double-Up Food Bucks program. Last year, the Fair Food Network, which sponsors the program, needed to reduce its spending to... continue reading.
Lifting up the Role of Medical Nutrition Therapy in Community Health Care
By Dennis Archambault Nutrition is a critical component of health. Globally, one in five deaths is related to dietary factors, according to the World Health Organization. In countries like... continue reading.
Honoring the Legacy of Ms. Ruby Cole, through the Ruby Cole Community Kitchen
Mrs. Ruby Cole was born October 24, 1922 in Meridianville, Alabama and took college preparatory classes at the Mary Porter Academy in Oxford, North Carolina. These courses prepared her... continue reading.
Chef Ederique Goudia Inaugurates the Ruby Cole Community Kitchen
Chef Activist & Foodservice Consultant, Ederique Goudia, prepared a vegetable coconut curry for guests at the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Ruby Cole Community Kitchen located... continue reading.
The New ‘Ruby Cole Community Kitchen’
Authority Health Dedicates Community Demonstration Kitchen and Expansion at Popoff Family Health Center DETROIT — Authority Health will dedicate a community demonstration kitchen and expansion of Popoff Family Health... continue reading.
Rents Rise, More Are Homeless, Health is More at Risk
By Dennis Archambault “Housing first” is an idea that people need secure shelter, along with adequate nutrition and clothing, before you can begin to address their other social and... continue reading.
A Basket of Wholesome (& Wholefood) Humanitarianism
By Asiimwe Najjuma As a current Master’s of Public Health student, I have spent many years of my academic career studying a multitude of health disparities faced by communities... continue reading.
Youth Empowerment to Leverage Humanitarianism
By Claire Hawthorne At its core, humanitarianism is seeing a gap in one’s community, be it local, regional, or global, and doing your very best to fill that gap,... continue reading.
Celebrating the Contributions of Community Health Workers
From left (above): Client and Ms. Reid, CHW at Popoff Family Health center; CHW, Ms. Burrell-Jones at Anne Mare Ice Pediatric Health... continue reading.
The Struggle to Keep Kids Immunized and Schools Safe from Infectious Disease has Gotten Even Tougher
By Dennis Archambault The persistent decline in early childhood vaccinations does not bode well for preventing and containing infectious disease among youth. The anti-vaxx movement, coupled with anxiety from... continue reading.