Strengthening Detroit efforts to lower obesity and prevent cancer
Administrative Supplements for Assessing Capacity to Address Obesity for Cancer Prevention and Control
This project aims to bring community programs to Detroit neighborhoods to help people eat healthier, move more, and reduce obesity-related cancer risk.
Quick facts
| Grant type | P30 center grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Wayne State University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Detroit, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11267315 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
Researchers at the Karmanos Cancer Institute will work with Detroit community partners to build a Whole Systems Approach that tackles obesity by improving access to healthy foods, safe places to be active, and nutrition and physical-activity supports. They will use existing local data on obesity, physical inactivity, food insecurity, and cancer to target neighborhoods most in need and design community-based participatory interventions. The multidisciplinary team will pilot and coordinate programs across the cancer center's catchment area and collect information on how changes in access and behavior may lower obesity and cancer risk. The effort is intended to create a foundation for larger, community-wide prevention efforts.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Residents of Detroit and the surrounding catchment area—especially people in neighborhoods with high obesity, food insecurity, or limited safe spaces for exercise—would be ideal participants.
Not a fit: People who live outside the Detroit catchment area or those with medical conditions that prevent dietary or physical-activity changes may not benefit from these local interventions.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could lower obesity and related cancer risk in Detroit by expanding access to healthy food and safe opportunities for physical activity.
How similar studies have performed: Community-based programs have sometimes improved diet and activity, but applying a coordinated Whole Systems Approach in high-need urban areas like Detroit is still relatively new and being tested.
Where this research is happening
Detroit, United States
- Wayne State University — Detroit, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Pasche, Boris — Wayne State University
- Study coordinator: Pasche, Boris
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.