Acknowledgments

Funder

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Focus Group Facilitators

Marques Beene, MSW | Principal, Creative Academic Networks

Martha Gonzalez-Cortes, MA | CEO,
Gonzalez-Cortes and Associates, LLC

Index Assistance

Hae Won Choi | Interned with GRAAHI

Teniola Okun | Interned with GRAAHI

Kelsey Peterson, MPH | Interned with GRAAHI

Brenton Spiker | Interned with GRAAHI

GRAAHI’s staff

Index Lead and Developer

Andrae Ivy, MPH
GRAAHI’s Director of Research

Avatar Voices

Aaron Estrada | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker

Tony Jolliffi | GRAAHI’s Fatherhood Coordinator

Claudia Leiras, PhD, MS | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University

Kyle Lim | Project Coordinator for the Grand Rapids Urban League

Brandan McBride | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker

Kelsey Peterson, MPH | Interned with GRAAHI

Tiffany Pierce | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker

Shannon Wilson, MPH | GRAAHI’s former Executive Director

Index Consultants

Stephen Borders, PhD | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University

Michelle Gourdine, MD | CEO of Michelle Gourdine and Associates, LLC

Claudia Leiras, PhD, MS | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University

Quentin Moore, MPH | Director, Population Health and Disparities Prevention at Trinity Health

Khan Nedd, MD | Physician/Medical Director/Infusion Associates

Kaee Ross, MPH/MSW | Public Health Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services

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