This slideshow was prepared as part of a panel discussion for the American Public Health Association’s national conference, November 2014, in New Orleans. The subject was The Kresge Foundation’s Safety-Net Enhancement Initiative, a multiyear effort undertaken in eight communities across the U.S. (Kresge photos by Lon Horwedel)
2. Presentation material prepared
as part of a panel discussion
for the American Public Health
Association’s national conference,
November 2014, in New Orleans.
The subject was The Kresge
Foundation’s Safety Net
Enhancement Initiative, a multi-
year effort undertaken in eight
communities across the U.S.
12. “If we were still in our silos, the healthcare
people would be looking for ways to treat
the next generation of diabetics… and
public safety would be putting people in
jail – and letting someone else worry
about the rest.”
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14. “We’ve definitely improved the amount of
produce that women and their families are
eating because of produce deliveries.”
25. “Progress is made when multiple
organizations focus on a single goal
rather than each one trying to meet its
own objective.”
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27. “Instead of carbonated soda machines, we
now have a dentist chair in school. More
people are gardening, walking, and riding
bikes and line dancing as a result of this
program.”
28. Voices of Detroit Initiative
Detroit, Michigan
HYPERTENSION
DIABETES
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31. “It’s not inevitable that you’re going to be
diabetic or have high blood pressure
because members of your family do.
Residents are beginning to see that they
have some control over their health.”
35. “When we initially started community
events were yielding probably about 20 to
25 community members. Now our largest
event brought in around 340 community
members.”
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38. “The hospital’s investment in the clinic has
sent a positive message to the community
and helped turn around some of the sense
that the hospital’s just this big institution.”