Presentations
2016
Urban HEART @ Detroit: A health equity assessment and response tool for the city of Detroit.
Mehdipanah, R., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Coombe, C.M., HEP Steering Committee Members.
Presented at the13th International Conference on Urban Health. San Francisco, CA. April 2016.
Schulz, A.J., Mentz. G.B., Israel, B.A., Wilkins, D., DeMajo, R., Larson, L. Mapping Cumulative Risk in the Detroit Tri-County Area: Identifying Priority Areas for Intervention. Presented at the Mayor's Health Equity Summit, Detroit City and Wayne State University, May 2016.
Walk Your Heart to Health: Findings from a Community Based Participatory Approach to Promote Cardiovascular Health.
Gamboa, Schulz, Israel, Mentz, Sand, Diaz, Gaines, Reyes, Rowe.
Presented at the Mayor's Health Equity Summit, Detroit City and Wayne State University, May 2016.
Urban Heart @ Detroit: Evidence and Community Knowledge to Address Health Equity Gaps in the City.
Kahn, Mehdipanah, Schulz, Israel, Sand, Tetteh, Allen.
Presented at the Mayor's Health Equity Summit, Detroit City and Wayne State University, May 2016.
Using GIS to Identify Inequalities in the Distribution of Combined Environmental Hazards in Detroit and SE Michigan.
Schulz, Mentz, deMajo, Ward, Wilkins, Sampson, Anderson.
Presented at APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 31, 2016.
Health equity evaluation of a partnership to promote healthy environments.
Ward, Schulz, Israel, Rice, Markarian.
Presented at APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 31,2016.
MI-Environment: Promoting Climate-Related Health within Michigan's Vulnerable Communities.
Koman, Romo, Gray, Sampson, Landfried, Battaglia, Knott, O'Neill, Schulz.
Presented at APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 31, 2016.
Building the healthiest nation by promoting health in vulnerable communities: Impact and outcome evaluation of the Walk Your Heart to Health community-based multilevel intervention.
Schulz, Israel, Sand, Gamboa, Gaines, Reyes, Rowe, Mentz.
Presented at the 2016 APHA Conference on November 1, 2016.
Factors impacting leisure-time physical activity in Detroit neighborhoods.
Tetteh, Allen, Mentz, Schulz. Presented at the 2016 APHA Conference on November 1, 2016.
Hypertension Medication Use: Implications for Inequities in Cardiovascular Risk & Opportunities for Intervention.
LeBron, Schulz, Mentz, Gamboa, Reyes. Presented at the 2016 APHA Conference on November 1, 2016.
2015
Association of changes in acute discrimination and cardiovascular health of Latinos: Findings from a northern border community following implementation of several restrictive immigration policies.
LeBron, A.M.W, Schulz, A.J., Mentz, G.B., Reyes, A.G., Gamboa, C.E.
Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.
Green infrastructure as a potential public health intervention in post-industrial citieis: Findings from a community survey.
Sampson, N., Webster, N., Nassauer, J., Schulz, A.J.
Presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.
Health impact assessment of strategic renewal strategy on Detroit’s high vacancy neighborhoods: The effects of infrastructure, public lighting, and demolition on disinvested neigbhorhoods.
Coombe, C.M., Reyes, A.G., Wilkins, D., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Metzger, K., Cave, B., Jacobs, D.
Presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.
Perceived unfair treatment and daily cortisol decline among a diverse sample of Detroit residents.
Linnenbringer, E., Geronimus, A., Snow, R., Stokes, C.A., Schulz, A.J.
Presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Creating a public health action plan to translate research to action and policy change.
Schulz, A.J., Batterman, S., Reyes, A.G., Williams, G., Rice, K. Presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.
Cardiovascular Disease Inequities: Socio-Ecological Approaches to Interventions.
Schulz, A.J., LeBron, A. Invited speaker, Presented at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia Symposium. June 2015.
Urban race-based residential segregation and health equity: Variations by geographic scale selection and implication for policy making.
Mentz, G., Richardson, D.M., Kwarteng, J., Stokes, C.A., Schulz, A.J., de Majo, R.
Presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Monday, November 2, 2015.
2014
Associations between neighborhood disadvantage and fruit and vegetable consumption in seven countries.
The 20th International Epidemiology Association World Congress of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska. August 18th, 2014
2012
Residential segregation, perceived discrimination, and allostatic load: Examining cross-level interactions.
Richardson, D., Schulz, A., Mentz, G., Johnson-Lawrence, V., Stokes, C. Presented at Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco CA, October 28, 2012
John Henryism and Blood Pressure among Detroit Residents: The Influence of Socioeconomic Position and Occupational Stressors. Lebron, A., Schulz, A., Mentz, G., White-Perkins, D. Accepted for presentation at Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco CA, October 28, 2012Walk Your Heart to Health
Schulz, AJ, Caver, D. Presented at Walk Your Heart to Health Community Walking Event, Detroit, MI, September 9, 2012.
Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health in Detroit.
Schulz, AJ, Gaines, C, Max, P.
Presented to the Detroit Department of Health & Wellness Promotion, Detroit, MI, June 13, 2012.
Social determinants of health equity
Schulz, AJ, Gamboa, C. Presented for the Michigan Department of Community Health, Health Disparities Reduction & Minority Health Section, Lansing, MI, April 24th, 2012. Walk Your Heart to Health
Incorporating storytelling in community intervention research: The Healthy Environments Partnership
Wooley [Lebron], A., Schulz, A., Bernal, C., Gamboa, C., Sand, S., Valerio, M., Wright, C. Presented at the International Conference to Advance a Population Health Intervention Research Agenda, Montreal, Canada March 27, 2012
Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research to Address Health Disparities
Valerio, M., Griffith, D., Mentz, G., Schulz, A., Wooley [Lebron], A, Johnson, J
Presented at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Health Behavior & Health Education Doctoral Students. March 12, 2012.
Social Inequality and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascual Risk Posters:
Presented at the University of Michigan Rackham Centenial Research Symposium: Michigan Graduate Students in the World, February 16, 2012.
Do neighborhood contexts and perceived discrimination affect hypertension control amon Detroit residents?
Hartfield JA, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, White-Perkins D, Johnson-Lawrence V.
Perceived discriminiation and obesity: Neighborhood racial composition, everday unfair treatment and central adiposity
Kwarteng J, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, White M.
John Henryism and Blood Pressure among Detroit Residents: Findings from the Healthy Environments Partnership
Wooley AM, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, White-Perkins D.
2011
Associations between availability and intake of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in ethnically diverse urban neighborhoods
Izumi B, Zenk S, Schulz A, Mentz G, Gaines, C., Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 2, 2011.
Getting control of hypertension: Social determinants of treatment and control
Hartfield J, Schulz A, Mentz G, White-Perkins D.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 1, 2011.
Food environment and unfair treatment in a multiethnic urban sample
Zenk S, Schulz A, Israel B, Miranda T, Mentz G, North D, Odoms-Young, A.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 1, 2011.
Building Community Health Promoter (CHP) capacity to promote heart health in Detroit: The Walk Your Heart to Health facilitation training
Matiz-Reyes A, Bernal C, Gamboa C, Diaz G, Washington K, Hoston B, Sand S, Schulz A.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 31, 2011.
Associations between perceived healthy food availability and dietary intake: The modifying role of the social environment.
Johnson J, Schulz A, Lachance L, Mentz G, Stokes C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 30, 2011.
Perceived discrimination and obesity among African American women in Detroit: Social support and neighborhood characteristics as effect modifiers.
Kwarteng J, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, White M.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 30, 2011.
Particle Pollution & Health.
Schulz AJ.
Presented in Lansing, Michigan on October 3, 2011.
How do neighborhoods affect our health?
Schulz A.
Presented at the Genesee County Health Department Public Health Week Conference, Flint Mi. April 5, 2011.
2010
Walk Your Heart to Health: Early Findings and Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Walking Groups Intervention to Improve Public Health through Physical Activity
Schulz AJ , Israel BA, Sand SL, Diaz G, Gamboa CE, Hoston B, Woods, S , Varick, D.Presented at the Michigan Premier Public Health Conference, Lansing Mi. October 27, 2010.
Walk Your Heart to Health: Examining the role of group cohesion in a community-based walking group program
Izumi B, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz GB, Reyes AG, Hoston B, Sand SL, Varick D.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 10, 2010.
Do observed neighborhood conditions contribute to racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in physical activity?: Findings from a multilevel analysis in a multiethnic urban community
Schulz, AJ, Zenk SN, Mentz G, Kwarteng J, Wilson C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 9, 2010.
Walk Your Heart to Health: Early findings and lessons learned from a community-based participatory research interventions to reduce cardiovascular inequalities
Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Sand S, Diaz G, Gamboa C, Hoston B, Johnson B, Rowe Z, Varick D, Woods S.
Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 8, 2010.
Do obesogenic neighborhood food environments exacerbate effects of psychosocial stressors on "comfort" food Intake?
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Israel BA, Lockett M.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN, June 12, 2010.
Activity-space food environment and diet: Results and methodological opportunities and challenges
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Braunschweig C, Stokes C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN, June 10, 2010.
2009
Contributions of accessibility and visibility characteristics to neighborhood typologies and their predictions of physical activity and health
2008
Community based participatory research for health promotion
Food shopping behaviors in a multiethnic urban population: Implications for measurement and obesity prevention
2007
Torres E, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Lockett M.
Presentation for the Students of Color or Rackham Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 15, 2007.
Process and structure for conducting community-based participatory research: The Healthy Environments Partnership
Reyes A, Schulz AJ.
Presentation for scholars in the Transdisciplinary Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, February 28, 2007.
Community-based participatory research partnerships for health: Lessons learned from the Healthy Environments Partnership
Schulz AJ, Reyes AG.
Presented at the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, Seminar Series on Urban Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 28, 2007.
2006
Built environment and heart health
Social support as a mediator between.stress and physical activity
