by Ted Hartzell | Apr 8, 2021 | Blog
“Health Equity in Action” panelists were (clockwise from upper left): Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH; Lynn Todman, PhD; Reneé Canady, PhD, MPH; and Nicki Britten, MPH ‘Health Equity in Action’ Panelists Urge Health Systems to Reach into Their Communities ST....
by Ted Hartzell | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog
Medically Underserved Benton Harbor Gets a Med Center, with Social Services, in the Center of Downtown BENTON HARBOR, Mich.— In the heart of this small city, a place opened in early November where people can get flu shots, or home water filters, or masks and hand...
by Ted Hartzell | Dec 21, 2020 | Sidebar
‘Come down here to 100. Maybe they can help you with the situation that you have.’ BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—Jamal McGee is one motivated man. You could think of him as a recruiter for the Center for Better Health. The 40-year-old Benton Harbor resident estimates that...
by Ted Hartzell | Dec 21, 2020 | Sidebar
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—What are the good things about your town? What’s working? What do you hope for? These are the sorts of questions researchers will be asking residents of Benton Harbor and other people in the 49022 ZIP code as they seek a long-term vision of...
by Ted Hartzell | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog, Harriet Washington
Author of ‘Medical Apartheid’ Harriet Washington Explains Why African Americans, after 400 Years, Are Justly Suspicious of U.S. Medicine ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Why are many African Americans suspicious of health care professionals and institutions? What explains...