Health Behavior and Health Equity

Community-based collaborative to improve birth outcomes for Detroit Latinas

Collaborative to identify key barriers and facilitators to positive birth outcomes and create a strategic plan for change

Michigan Public Health researchers are leading a new community-based project aimed at improving maternal and child health for Latina women in Detroit.

Project HEARD Empowers Community Organizations for Effective Policy Change

The project utilizes community-academic partnerships to work toward defined policy goals set forth using a community-based participatory approach.

Project HEARD (Health Equity via Advocacy for Resources in Detroit), a Detroit URC policy initiative co-led by Michigan Public Health faculty and community partners, supports community-led efforts to advance health equity in Detroit and beyond.

Early signs of Alzheimer's: Most older adults see the value of screening but haven't been tested

Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person’s memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people age 65 to 80 finds. The findings are part of a new report from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.

Air pollution continues to be focus of community coalition to promote a healthy environment in Detroit

People living and working in Detroit are exposed to elevated levels of a variety of air pollutants. Six years after releasing a Public Health Action Plan, work is moving forward on community initiatives to expand responses to air pollution in Detroit.

State awards U-M $1M for Michigan School Safety Initiative

School of Public Health faculty members Justin Heinze and Marc Zimmerman are set to lead a new statewide initiative to enhance school safety and prevent school violence, including school shootings. The Michigan School Safety Initiative will be available to all K-12 schools in the state, providing training and assistance to district leadership and staff regarding evidence-based best practices.

Scott Roberts appointed interim department chair of Health Behavior and Health Education

Effective Sept. 1, 2023, Scott Roberts will become interim chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. Roberts’ role follows the retirement of longtime faculty Cleopatra Caldwell, who has been chair of the department since 2017.