Healthy Environments Partnership – Lean and Green in Motown Project (LGM)

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Funding Source	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (2005-2010)
Goals & Objectives:	The HEP Lean and Green in Motown (LGM) project aims to better understand relationships between the built environment, physical activity and dietary practices, and to assess the impact of interventions that include environmental change efforts on increasing physical activity and promoting healthy diets. LGM objectives are: To assess residents' use of green spaces in selected neighborhoods to understand the relationship of the built environment to obesity. To develop and implement an intervention that includes modifications to the built environment along with social and behavioral approaches to promote physical activity. To conduct evaluation to determine the impact of the intervention. To disseminate findings broadly throughout Detroit and elsewhere.
Communities Involved:	African-American, Hispanic and white residents living in eastside, southwest and northwest Detroit.
Partners:	Brightmoor Community Center, Detroit Department of Health & Wellness Promotion, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, Friends of Parkside, Henry Ford Health System/AIMHI, Rebuilding Communities Incorporated, and University of Michigan School of Public Health and A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Intervention:	Work with greenway organizations to identify greenway enhancements to promote use by residents for physical activity. Work to establish physical activity classes for northwest Detroit residents. Support ongoing physical activity classes for eastside and southwest Detroit residents. Support physical activity instructor training and certification for community residents.
Outcome Indicators:	Change over time in physical activity and dietary practices; change over time in greenway use in three communities; change over time in availability of opportunities for physical activity.
Methods & Analyses:	Follow up with survey participants; observational data collection of greenway use in three communities.
Results:	Data collection and analysis in progress. For more information on the Healthy Environments Partnership and its programs, visit http://www.sph.umich.edu/hep/.

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