University of Michigan
Prevention Research Center of Michigan

Center’s Web site*

First funded: 1998

 

Core Research Focus

Increasing the ability of communities to reduce health disparities and improve residents’ health.

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2004–2009)
Community Capacity-Building to Reduce Health Disparities
Increasing communities’ abilities to address their own health issues and health disparities.
Principal Investigator:
Derek M.Griffith, derekmg@umich.edu

Promoting Health Among African-American Boys Whose Fathers Do Not Live With Them
Principal Investigator:
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, cleoc@umich.edu

Speak to Your Health! Community Survey
Using a community-specific survey to determine the factors that contribute to the community’s health disparities and health status.
Principal Investigator:
Daniel Kruger, kruger@umich.edu

Past (1998–2004)
Improving Adolescent Health Through Enhanced Father-Son Relationships

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Asthma
SIP# 21-1999	Detecting Asthma and Managing its Symptoms in Children from Low-Income Families

Community Health
SIP# 09-1999	Assessing and Improving Children’s Oral Health
SIP# 20-1999	Stress Among African American Women in Detroit

Immunization
SIP# 12-2004	Obtaining Health Care Providers and Policymakers Suggestions on National Vaccine Policies

Oral Health
SIP# 09-1999	Assessing and Improving Children’s Oral Health
SIP# 02-2001	Oral Health Network Supports Oral Health Research

Tobacco Prevention & Control
SIP# 16-1999	Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities

 

Contact Information

Center
University of Michigan
Prevention Research Center of Michigan
UM School of Public Health
109 Observatory St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

Principal Investigator & Center Director
Marc Zimmerman, PhD
Phone: (734) 647-0224
E-mail: marcz@umich.edu

Managing Director
Susan Morrel-Samuels, MA, MPH
Phone: (734) 647-0219
Fax: (734) 615-2317
E-mail: sumosa@umich.edu

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