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Introduction to HEP

The Healthy Environments Partnership (HEP) is a community-based participatory research project designed to examine and address aspects of the social and physical environment in three Detroit neighborhoods that contribute to racial and socioeconomic disparities in risk of cardiovascular disease.

The specific aims of HEP are to:

  • Estimate the relationship between racial and ethnic group status, socioeconomic status, and mental and physical health status.
  • Investigate independent and cumulative effects of exposure to psychosocial stressors (e.g., financial stress, concerns about crime or safety) on biological risk markers for cardiovascular disease (e.g., systolic and diastolic blood pressure and lipid profile).
  • Document the strength of the association between airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and selected proximate risk and protective factors (e.g., dietary intake, social support) for cardiovascular disease.
  • Investigate potential mediating and moderating effects of behavioral and psychosocial responses to stressors (e.g., smoking, coping strategies).
  • Create a Community Outreach and Education Program to disseminate and translate study findings to inform intervention and policy efforts to improve heart health in Detroit.

 
 
 
Healthy Environments Partnership
University of Michigan-SPH II
1420 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Phone: 1.734.615.2695 (Ann Arbor)
Fax: 734.763.7379
E-mail: ssweir@umich.edu
Funding for this project is provided by The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences