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INKSTER, MICHIGAN

Zip Code: 48141

25,366

Total Population

  • 15.62% Diabetic
  • 46.26% Obese

71.6%

African American (18,566)

  • 17.47% Diabetic
  • 50.41% Obese

2.9%

Hispanic (653)

  • 15.15% Diabetic
  • 41.47% Obese
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KEY PLAYERS

  • American International Academy
  • City of Inkster
  • Dozier Recreation Center
  • Feeding Inkster
  • Inkster Task Force
  • Starfish Family Services
  • Western Wayne Family Health Center

33.6%

Individuals Below Poverty

15.2%

Disability under 65 years old

12.3%

65+

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NUTRITION

  • 7 community gardens, including gardens at schools and a children’s garden
  • Restaurants do not have healthy menus
  • Exploring the creation of a farmers’ market
  • 2 master gardeners and 4-H program
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  • Hope to implement a complete streets ordinance as part of master plan
  • Dozier Recreation Center: community hub, but needs additional resources
  • Community unaware of strategies city is making to improve walkability/bikeability/ADA compliance
  • Community unaware of strategies community organizations make to improve and encourage physical activity and nutrition at their locations
  • Limited bus routes
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BREASTFEEDING

  • Trust health professionals and other moms for breastfeeding information
  • Could do more at clinics, worksites and in the public to promote breastfeeding and the right to breastfeeding in public
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COMMUNITY CLINICAL LINKAGES

  • Existing linkages between Western Wayne Family Health Center and community services, such as chronic disease self-management programs; education strategies on chronic disease and preventive care; referral systems between health care facilities and community-based resources; and routine follow-up counseling, education, screening, and patient adherence plans from health care facilities
  • Diabetes Support Group at WWFHC
  • More needs to be done to engage new communities or promote the
    existing infrastructure

WAYNE, MICHIGAN

Zip Code: 48184

17,643

Total Population

  • 10.68% Diabetic
  • 38.24% Obese

15.7%

African American (13,000)

  • 16.21% Diabetic
  • 49.73% Obese

2.9%

Hispanic (602)

  • 14.02% Diabetic
  • 40.77% Obese
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KEY PLAYERS

  • Beaumont Hospital Wayne
  • City of Wayne
  • Ford Motor Company Michigan Assembly Plant
  • Friends of the Rouge
  • Healthy Wayane
  • HYPE Athletics
  • The Senior Alliance
  • Wayne-Westland Community Schools
  • Wayne RESA

20.1%

Individuals Below Poverty

14.6%

Disability under 65 years old

13.7%

65+

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NUTRITION

  • Used to have a community garden, but it no longer exists
  • Karma Coffee is the first restaurant to go through Healthy Wayne menu review. Now offers healthy options.
  • Many fast food restaurants, coney islands, and pizza places might make it challenging for other restaurants to go through this process. City is looking to attract new businesses
  • No farmers’ market
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  • Built Environment team at Healthy Wayne improved new play scape and plans to install mileage markers at Attwood Park
  • Active Bike Club and Bike shop rents bikes
  • Desire for a walking club
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BREASTFEEDING

  • Trust health professionals for breastfeeding information
  • Gaps in breastfeeding education and information on what resources are
    available
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COMMUNITY CLINICAL LINKAGES

  • Community not well-informed of any existing linkage

WESTLAND, MICHIGAN

Zip Code: 48186

36,506

Total Population

  • 10.50% Diabetic
  • 38.08% Obese

18.2%

African American (5,877)

  • 16.07% Diabetic
  • 49.68% Obese

3.5%

Hispanic (1,486)

  • 13.88% Diabetic
  • 40.71% Obese
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KEY PLAYERS

  • City of Westland
  • Friends of the Rouge
  • Healthy Westland
  • HOPE Clinic
  • Wayne County Health Department
  • Wayne-Westland Community School District

18.5%

Individuals Below Poverty

12.6%

65+

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NUTRITION

  • Weekly farmers’ market; more information needs to be shared if it accepts
    vouchers like Double Up Food Bucks, WIC, etc.
  • Two community gardens
  • Many grocery stores and fruit markets
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  • Many parks, including popular splash pad
  • Many other recreational areas including Mike Modano Ice Arena (ice skating, hockey), Jefferson Barns Community Center (boxing, baseball, basketball), Westland Municipal Golf (golf), Skateland West (roller skating roller blading), Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church (aerobics), Friendship Senior Center  aerobics), and after school exercise programs held at the schools
  • 2nd annual Fall Fitness Festival happened in 2019
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BREASTFEEDING

  • Trust medical professionals and older generations for breastfeeding information
  • More needs to be done to inform the public of breastfeeding supports and education
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COMMUNITY CLINICAL LINKAGES

  • HOPE Clinic patient advocates refer patients out to appropriate medical services (such as behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy, specialists)
  • HOPE Clinic does not have formal partnerships with community partner
  • HOPE Clinic has limited resources and a lack of capacity, which makes formal relationships, referrals and a robust EMR system difficult

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