- ACTS of Wellness
- Community Capacity Building
- Fathers And Sons Replication
- Flint Adolescent Study
- Jackson County Community Survey
- Managing Epilepsy Well
- Men 4 Health
- Partners In Research
- REACH 2010 Enhanced Evaluation
- REACH US
- Ruth Mott Beautification Evaluation
- Speak to Your Health! Community Survey
- Variation in Immunization Practices
- Web 2.0 in Local Public Health
- YOUR Blessed Health
- Youth Empowerment Solutions For Peaceful Communities (YES)
REACH 2010
Principal Investigator: Robert Pestronk, Genesee County Health Department
Contact Information: Daniel Kruger at djk2012@gmail.com
Project Dates: 2000-2007
Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Description:
The Genesee County Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 2010 (REACH 2010) focuses on reducing disparities in perinatal health and infant mortality in Genesee County, Michigan, through multi-faceted community based intervention strategies. Daniel Kruger was the Research Evaluator for 2006-2007. The Genesee County REACH coalition is continuing this work through the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the US (REACH US) project as a Center for Excellence in Eliminating Disparities.
Publications:
Kannan, S., Webster, D., Sparks, A., Acker, C., Tropiano, E.T., Scherer, H., Moton, E.G. and Turner, T. (2006). Using a cultural framework to assess the nutrition influences in relation to birth outcomes among African American women of childbearing age: Application of the PEN-3theoretical model. Health Promotion and Practice, Epub.
Hunte, H.E.R, Turner, T.M., Pollack, H.A., Lewis, E.Y. (2004). A birth records analysis of the Maternal Infant Health Advocate Service program: A paraprofessional intervention aimed at addressing infant mortality in African Americans. Ethnicity & Disease, 14, S1-102 - S1-107.
Pestronk, R.M., & Franks, M.L. (2003). A partnership to reduce African American infant mortality in Genesee County, Michigan. Public Health Reports, 118, 324-335.
Presentations:
McKellar, J., Morrel-Samuels, S., Zimmerman, M., & Kruger, D.J. (2007, May). Collaborating to Reduce Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality: REACH 2010 and the Prevention Research Center of Michigan. Oral presentation given at the United States - Mexico Border Health Association 65th Annual Meeting, South Padre Island, Texas.
Nagrant, A.M., Lewis, E. Yvonne, Citrin, T. (2001). Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010): Reducing Infant Mortality. Poster session at the U-M School of Public Health.