RACE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK A Case Example from the Detroit Metropolitan Area
Amy J. Schulz Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor Graciela B. Mentz Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor Natalie Sampson Department of Health and Human Services, University of Michigan-Dearborn Melanie Ward Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor Rhonda Anderson Sierra Club Detroit Offi ce, Detroit Ricardo de Majo Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor Barbara A. Israel Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor Toby C. Lewis Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Donele Wilkins Green Door Initiative, Detroit
Abstract Since W. E. B. Du Bois documented the physical and social environments of Philadelphia’s predominantly African American Seventh Ward over a century ago, there has been continued interest in understanding the distribution of social and physical environments by racial
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