Neighborhood retail food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in a multiethnic urban population

…, LL Lachance, AJ Schulz, G Mentz… - American Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose. To examine relationships between the neighborhood food environment and fruit
and vegetable intake in a multiethnic urban population. Design. Analysis of cross-sectional …

Success in long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships: A scoping literature review

BL Brush, G Mentz, M Jensen… - Health Education & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is increasingly used by
community and academic partners to examine health inequities and promote health equity …

Discrimination, symptoms of depression, and self-rated health among African American women in Detroit: results from a longitudinal analysis

…, DR Williams, BA Israel, G Mentz… - … journal of public …, 2006 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Our understanding of the relationships between perceived discrimination and
health was limited by the cross-sectional design of most previous studies. We examined the …

Acute effects of ambient particulate matter on blood pressure: differential effects across urban communities

…, S Kannan, AJ Schulz, GJ Keeler, G Mentz… - …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Recent studies have suggested a link between exposure to ambient particulate matter< 2.5
μm in diameter (PM2. 5) and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The objective of this study …

Associations between socioeconomic status and allostatic load: effects of neighborhood poverty and tests of mediating pathways

AJ Schulz, G Mentz, L Lachance… - … journal of public …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined relationships between neighborhood poverty and allostatic load in
a low-to moderate-income multiracial urban community. We tested the hypothesis that …

Air pollution–associated changes in lung function among asthmatic children in Detroit

TC Lewis, TG Robins, JT Dvonch… - Environmental …, 2005 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
In a longitudinal cohort study of primary-school–age children with asthma in Detroit,
Michigan, we examined relationships between lung function and ambient levels of …

Evaluation of Community Action Against Asthma: a community health worker intervention to improve children's asthma-related health by reducing household …

…, BA Israel, TG Robins, G Mentz… - Health Education & …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article describes the evaluation of a community-based participatory research (CBPR)
community health worker (CHW) intervention to improve children's asthma-related health by …

Particulate matter concentrations in residences: an intervention study evaluating stand‐alone filters and air conditioners

S Batterman, L Du, G Mentz, B Mukherjee, E Parker… - Indoor …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study, a randomized controlled trial, evaluated the effectiveness of free‐standing air
filters and window air conditioners (ACs) in 126 low‐income households of children with …

Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social …

AJ Schulz, SN Zenk, BA Israel, G Mentz, C Stokes… - Journal of Urban …, 2008 - Springer
As the body of evidence linking disparities in the health of urban residents to disparate
social, economic and environmental contexts grows, efforts to delineate the pathways …

Isotonic regression: Another look at the changepoint problem

WB Wu, M Woodroofe, G Mentz - Biometrika, 2001 - academic.oup.com
A test based on isotonic regression is developed for monotonic trends in short range
dependent sequences and is applied to Argentina rainfall data and global warming data …