COVID-19 Care Package Distribution for Senior Citizens and Families in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Olivia Ford, Alice Jo Rainville, Rachel Bessire
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased food insecurity in underserved communities and community partners have joined together to assist families in need. The Association of Chinese Americans Detroit Chapter and Eastern Michigan University Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies engaged community partners and distributed care packages to provide nutritious foods and personal protection products to seniors and homeless families in southeastern Michigan. The nutritious foods were tailored to cultural food preferences.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Food insecurityDistribution (mathematics)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Environmental healthGerontologyHealthy foodFood distributionEconomic growthBusinessMedicineFood securityGeographyAgricultureVirologyFood scienceMathematicsPathologyDiseaseEconomicsOutbreakChemistryArchaeologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Mathematical analysisFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations