Healthy Environments Partnership - Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health in Detroit (CATCH)

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Funding Source	National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHHD) (2005-2008)
Goals & Objectives:	HEP Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health in Detroit (CATCH) aims to address the disproportionate risk of heart disease among residents of eastside, northwest and southwest Detroit. CATCH objectives are: To expand and maintain the Healthy Environments Partnership to strengthen the ability of the Detroit communities to reduce differences in cardiovascular disease. To implement a community assessment that engages community residents and community based organizations to examine strategies to reduce differences in cardiovascular disease. To engage community residents and community based organizations in designing a community intervention plan to reduce differences in cardiovascular disease. To conduct and evaluate a pilot intervention using a CPBR approach to reduce differences in cardiovascular disease. To evaluate the partnership process to determine the effectiveness of using a CBPR approach.
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, Inc., community members at-large, and the University of Michigan School of Public Health
Intervention:	Evaluate the HEP Partnership HEP Sterring Committee (SC), CBOs and community residents and staff implement a community assessment. HEP SC and staff conduct a Youth Photovoice project. HEP SC and staff design, implement, and evaluate a CBPR pilot intervention aimed at increasing physical activity.
Outcome Indicators:	Physical activity and associated indicators (e.g., stages of change) among pilot group participants; Change in indicators of group process among HEP SC.
Methods & Analyses:	Pre and post intervention assessment; SC closed ended questionnaire with indicators of group process; in-depth interviews with SC members; focus groups with community residents.
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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