Michelle L. Axe, MS, CHES
Community Health Program Manager | ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE, UNITED STATES
Michelle Axe is a Community Health Program Manager overseeing the departments food and social care initiatives.
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Biography
Michelle Axe is a Community Health Program Manager overseeing food and social care initiatives. In this role, Michelle leads evidence-based food is medicine programming, and manages both a social care closed loop referral platform and a digital transportation marketplace. These initiatives are helping ChristianaCare patients get connected to the clinical services and social care resources they need.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Food as Medicine
Social Care
Strategic Planning
Digital Transportation
Education (1)
University of Delaware: M.S., Public Health Education and Promotion 2014
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Media Appearances (1)
ChristianaCare’s Michelle Axe Presents the Delaware Food Farmacy
Lutheran Community Services online
2022-02-24
As Michelle explains, “Many low-income, food-insecure individuals diagnosed with chronic diseases like hypertension, congestive heart failure and diabetes experience worse health outcomes often as a result of the ‘treat or eat’ dilemma.” That is, patients find themselves choosing between spending money to address chronic health conditions (with medication, appointment co-pays, and other costs) or paying for food, housing, and utilities. The DFF helps patients manage their health by providing food as medicine.
Event Appearances (4)
The Delaware Food Farmacy a Collaboration of Community Partners
(2023) Christ Church Outreach Agency Breakfast
Room at the Table Annual Fundraising Event
(2023) Lutheran Community Services
Update Around the State
(2022) Annual Farm & Food Planning and Networking Seminar
Delaware Urban Farm & Food Coalition Annual Meeting
(2022) Delaware Agriculture Week
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- English
