KCHD
City, health officials show up to talk Westside cancer concerns to sparse resident attendance
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 07-20-2018 under NEWS
Regional health officials and local City employees came in numbers for two neighborhood meetings Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Servants Community Church on the west side of Grand Rapids, but very few neighbors did. “The Westside usually shows up...
Westside neighbors work with health department, press for answers over cancer concerns
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-05-2018 under NEWS
A lot has happened since cousins Shane Smith and Jammie Danner began talking with former neighbors in southwest Grand Rapids about why so many of their loved ones were getting cancer. Since bringing their group's conversations to the public on a...
HIV testing initiative uses social networks to target MSM in Kent County
by (KCHD)
Submitted 01-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
(Grand Rapids, MI) – The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) is seeking community members to recruit their peers to get tested for HIV through a new program. The Ambassador program, funded through the Michigan Department of Community Health, relies...