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1 Detroit’s Walking Movement!

2 The Healthy Environments Partnership A community-based participatory research partnership working to understand and promote heart health in Detroit. Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative | Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation | Friends of Parkside | Henry Ford Health System | Institute for Population Health | Eastside Community Network University of Michigan School of Public Health | Community Members At-Large

3 Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH) A community-designed intervention from 2009-2012 to increase physical activity and improve heart health in Detroit

4 Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH) Community and Faith-based organizations in Detroit. Met 3 times per week for 8 month

5 Study participants received: Pedometers & weekly printouts of steps Health assessments to measure health outcomes (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and weight) Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH)

6 What We Learned “I loved it! The people in the group and the Community Health Promoters, we became family... Everybody in my household walks, I changed my diet & lost weight. The program should never end…” 1. Almost anyone can walk!

7 What We Learned 2. Walking groups increase physical activity Mean Number of Daily Steps Walked by WYHH Participants

8 What We Learned 3. Heart health IMPROVEMENTS Adjusted High Blood Pressure Prevalence Estimates for WYHH Participants with an Average Increase of 4000 Steps per Day

9 How is HEP building a walking movement?

10 Capacity Building Supporting WAlking Groups (SWAG) Capacity building workshops On site coaching/ technical assistance

11 SWAG training is designed to promote leadership & active living through the formation and support of walking groups in Detroit. Available to Detroit residents Free 12 hour training 10 step process to learn how to start a walking group! Supporting Walking Groups Training (SWAG)

12 Objective: Promote walking in Detroit by strengthening individual and organizational capacity to start and sustain walking groups in Detroit Means: Training Technical assistance Financial support Detroit! Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH) Capacity Building Program

13 Promoting Walking in Detroit! Pick Your Path Video Contest  Winners received a Fitbit activity tracker

14 Thank you! For more information, contact: Cindy Gamboa cegamboa@umich.edu 313- 593-0924 Jacquelyn Coats coatsj@umich.edu 313- 593-0924 www.hepdetroit.org

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