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About
the Detroit URC
The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (URC) is a collaborative partnership involving the University of Michigan Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Social Work, the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, eight community-based organizations (Community Health and Social Services Center CHASS, Communities In Schools, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, Friends of Parkside, Latino Family Services, Neighborhood Service Organization, Rebuilding Communities, Inc/Warren-Conner Development Coalition), and Henry Ford Health System. In addition, the Detroit URC partnership includes other organizations which are represented in the Steering Committees for specific URC-affiliated projects.
The Center was established in 1995 and funded originally through a Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through their Urban Research Centers Initiative. The URC seeks to maintain an effective partnership that identifies problems affecting the health of residents on the east, southwest and northwest sides of the city and promotes and conducts interdisciplinary, community-based participatory research which recognizes, builds upon and enhances the resources and strengths in the communities involved. The research and interventions conducted contribute to the understanding of the relationship between social determinants, the built environment, protective factors, intermediate outcomes, and long-term health outcomes specific to urban environments. The knowledge gained contributes to the design of appropriate public health interventions, programs and policies aimed at eliminating health disparities. This work is conducted in accordance with a set of community-based participatory research principles adopted by the URC Board that foster, for example, equal participation by all partners in all aspects of the Center’s activities and recognition that community-based participatory research is a collaborative process that is mutually beneficial to all partners involved.
Now Available: Methods for Conducting
Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, a new book edited by Detroit URC academic partners
Barbara Israel, Edith Parker, Amy Schulz and UNC-Chapel
Hill colleague Eugenia Eng. The book presents
detailed descriptions from projects across the country
of applications of qualitative and quantitative research methods using community-based participatory
research approaches.
Click here for more
information and to view the Table of Contents. |
