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Welcome to the Primary Care and Public Health Web Page

Purpose The purpose of this web site is to support the growing partnership between public health and primary care. Public health focuses on offering a broad array of services across communities and populations that collectively will help people to be healthy. Primary care focuses on providing medical services to patients with acute, preventative and/or chronic conditions. Together we share a goal of promoting the health and well-being of all people.

Public Health Resources for Primary Care

Arthritis	Asthma	Cancer
Cardiovascular Health	Diabetes & Kidney Disease	Disability Health
Injury & Violence Prevention	Obesity, Physical Activity & Nutrition	Tobacco

Self-Management for Patients

• Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support: A process which incorporates the needs and goals of a person with diabetes or prediabetes to improve and sustain their health and quality of life.

• Michigan Partners on the PATH: The Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in Michigan PDF icon PATH,(Personal Action Toward Health) is an evidence-based program designed to teach people useful techniques and strategies for active day-to-day management of chronic or long-term health conditions.

Other Programs & Resources

• The Michigan 4 X 4 Plan PDF icon Maintaining four key healthy behaviors and four key healthy measures & know your numbers card.

• United Way 211: Michigan's universal number to call for health and human services information and referrals.

• Health Statistics and Reports: The Department of Community Health collects information on a range of health related issues, that is used to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan's citizens.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Free research summaries about the benefits and risks of different treatments for different health conditions for both providers and patients.