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Project

SPARK

Center:

MI-Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2004

Contact Information:

Sharon Milberger
[email protected]
313-577-2654

Project Description:

Detroit youth are among the most overweight in the nation. Our multidisciplinary team will conduct focus groups with teachers, parents and children in the city of Detroit to determine barriers to physical activity and fitness in an urban setting and ways of overcoming these barriers. The expected benefit of this project is a better understanding of barriers to physical activity and fitness in Detroit so that intervention programs can be tailored to overcome them.

Keyword(s):

Physical activity; physical fitness; urban; children

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County