"I felt like I had the tools to help them in terms of medications and monitoring their health status, but I felt like I didn't have the tools that I needed to help them make healthful changes in their lives... This is a program that is inherently abundance focused, right? It is inherently celebrating the resources within a community."
In this episode, Carly Joseph and Michelle Seguin discuss the success of the produce prescription pilot. They unpack the interconnectedness of the systems that enable folks to make healthy decisions, challenge us to use an assets-based approach, and encourage additional research on the role of loneliness.
This episode references the article titled “'Something Fun to Look Forward to': Lessons From Implementing the Prescription for Health Farmers’ Market Initiative in Rural Upper Michigan" by Carly A. Joseph, MPH, and Michelle L. Seguin, MD.