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Publications:
Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Coombe CM, Gaines C, Reyes AG, Rowe Z, Sand SL, Strong LL, Weirs S.
Health Promotion Practice. August 2011 [Epub ahead of print].
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Matthews SA, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Wegrzyn L, Gibbs K, Braunschweig C,        Stokes C.
Health & Place. May 2011 [Epub ahead of print].
Izumi BT, Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Wislon C.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2011; 111(2): 274-279.
Izumi BT, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Reyes AG, Martin J,  Lichtenstein R, Wilson C, Sand S.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships:  Research, Education and Action. 2010; 4(2):141-147.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance LL, Mentz G, Galea S, Kannan S, Ridella W.
Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2009; 38(1):48-59.
Harvey IS, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Sand S, Myrie D, Lockett MP, Weir SS, Hill Y.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships. 2009; 3(4): 287-300.
Strong LL, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Reyes AG, Rowe Z, Weir SS, Poe C.
Progress in Community Health Partnership. 2009; 3(4): 327-334.
Kannan S, Dvonch JT, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, House JS, Max P, Reyes AG.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2009; 0:1-8 .

Interdisciplinary, participatory research to understand urban food environments and dietary behaviors.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Lockett M, Freudenberg N,  Saegert, and S Klitzman.
Urban Health and Society Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance LL, Mentz G, Kannan S, Ridella W, Galea S.
Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2009; 38(1):48-59.
Dvonch JT, Kannan S, Schulz AJ, Keeler GJ,  Mentz G, House JS, Benjamin A, Max P, Bard RL, Brook RD.
Hypertension. 2009; 53(5): 853-9.
Zenk SN, Lachance LL, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Kannan S, Ridella W.
American Journal of Health Promotio. 2009; 23(4): 255-264.
Kannan S, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Arya I, Weir SS, Dvonch JT, Rowe Z, Miller P, Benjamin A.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2008; 2(1): 41-53.
Schulz AJ, House JS, Israel BA, Mentz G, Dvonch JT, Miranda P, Kannan S, Koch M.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2008; 62(7): 638-646.
Schulz AJ, Zenk SN, Israel BA, Mentz G, Stokes C, Galea S.
Journal of Urban Health. 2008; 85(5): 642-661.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, House JS, Gravlee CC, Miranda P, Miller P, Kannan S.
Health & Place. 2007; 13(1):452-465.
Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Estrada-Martinez L, Zenk S, Viruell-Fuentes E, Villarruel AM, Stokes C.
Journal of Urban Health. 2006; 83(3): 523-539.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, James SA, Bao S, Wilson ML.
Ethnicity & Disease. 2006; 16: 275-280.
Gravlee CC, Zenk S, Woods S, Rowe Z, Schulz AJ.
Field Methods. 2006; 18(4):382-397.
Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, James SA, Bao S, Wilson ML.
American Journal of Public Health. 2005; 95(4): 66-667.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, House JS, Benjamin A, Kannan S.
Metropolitan Universities Journal. 2005; 16(1): 107-125.
Schulz AJ,  Kannan S,  Dvonch T, Israel BA, Allen A, James SA, House JS, Lepkowski  J.
Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005; 113(12): 1817-1825.

 

Presentations:

Associations between availability and intake of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in ethnically diverse urban neighborhoods.
Izumi B, Zenk S, Schulz A, Mentz G, Gaines, C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 2, 2011.

Getting control of hypertension: Social determinants of treatment and control.
Hartfield J, Schulz A, Mentz G, White-Perkins D.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 1, 2011.

Food environment and unfair treatment in a multiethnic urban sample.
Zenk S, Schulz A, Israel B, Miranda T, Mentz G, North D, Odoms-Young, A.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 1, 2011.

Building Community Health Promoter (CHP) capacity to promote heart health in Detroit: The Walk Your Heart to Health facilitation training.
Matiz-Reyes A, Bernal C, Gamboa C, Diaz G, Washington K, Hoston B, Sand S, Schulz A.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 31, 2011.

Associations between perceived healthy food availability and dietary intake: The modifying role of the social environment.
Johnson J, Schulz A, Lachance L, Mentz G, Stokes C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 30, 2011.

Perceived discrimination and obesity among African American women in Detroit: Social support and neighborhood characteristics as effect modifiers.
Kwarteng J, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, White M.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, October 30, 2011.

Particle Pollution & Health.
Schulz AJ.
Presented in Lansing, Michigan on October 3, 2011.

Schulz AJ, Reyes A.
Presented at Southwest Detroit Town Hall meeting on April, 18, 2011.

How do neighborhoods affect our health?
Schulz A.
Presented at the Genesee County Health Department Public Health Week Conference, Flint Mi. April 5, 2011.

Healthy Environments Partnership: Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Detroit.
Reyes A, Schulz A.
Presented to the Regents at the University of Michigan, March 17, 2011.

Walk Your Heart to Health: Early Findings and Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Walking Groups Intervention to Improve Public Health through Physical Activity.

Schulz AJ , Israel BA, Sand SL, Diaz G, Gamboa CE, Hoston B, Woods, S , Varick, D.
Presented at the Michigan Premier Public Health Conference, Lansing Mi. October 27, 2010.

Walk Your Heart to Health: Examining the role of group cohesion in a community-based walking group program.
Izumi B, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz GB, Reyes AG, Hoston B, Sand SL, Varick D.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 10, 2010.

Do observed neighborhood conditions contribute to racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in physical activity?: Findings from a multilevel analysis in a multiethnic urban community.
Schulz, AJ, Zenk SN, Mentz G, Kwarteng J, Wilson C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 9, 2010.

Walk Your Heart to Health: Early findings and lessons learned from a community-based participatory research interventions to reduce cardiovascular inequalities .
Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Sand S, Diaz G, Gamboa C, Hoston B, Johnson B, Rowe Z, Varick D, Woods S.
Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 8, 2010.

Do obesogenic neighborhood food environments exacerbate effects of psychosocial stressors on "comfort" food Intake?
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Israel BA, Lockett M.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN, June 12, 2010.

Activity-space food environment and diet: Results and methodological opportunities and challenges.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Braunschweig C, Stokes C.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN, June 10, 2010.

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health: Community Based Participatory Approaches to Research and Action.
Reyes AG, Schulz AJ.
Presented at the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pathways to heart health: A multilevel community-based participatory intervention to promote heart health.
Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Sand S, Gamboa C, Varick D, Gaines C, Lockett M, Max P, Reyes A, Rowe Z, Saffar D, Stokes C, White-Perkins D, Wilson C.
Presented at the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Walk Your Heart to Health: Results of a community health promoter training program.
Izumi B, Schulz, AJ, Israel BA, Sand S, Varick D, Gamboa C, Weinert J, Lockett M, Reyes A.
Presented at the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, November 10, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Translating findings from Community-Based Participatory Research into policy interventions to promote health: A case study of urban residential neighborhoods and depression
Coombe C, Rowe Z, Schulz AJ, Israel BA.
Presented at the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Contributions of accessibility and visibility characteristics to neighborhood typologies and their predictions of physical activity and health.
Wineman J, Marans RW, Schulz AJ, van der Westhuizen D, Pierson SG, Max P.
Presented at the Seventh International Space Syntax Conference, June 8-11, 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Conceptualization and measurement of activity space environments.
Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Wilbur J, Odoms-Young A, Israel B, Braunschweig C, Lockett M.
Presented at the 2009 meeting of the Midwest Nursing Research Society, March 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A community-based participatory approach to promoting greenway use in urban communities.
Schulz A, Weir SS.
Presented at the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit, December 2008, Baltimore, Maryland.

Inequalities, environments and cardiovascular disease
Schulz  AJ.
Presented at the Nacional y Primera Internacional de Atencion Primaria y Promocion de las Lasud: de la teoria a la practica, November 2008, Bogota Columbia.

Community based participatory research for health promotion
Schulz AJ.
Presented at the Nacional y Primera Internacional de Atencion Primaria y Promocion de las Lasud: de la teoria a la practica, November 2008, Bogota Columbia.

Are activity-space environments important for understanding racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity risk? A pilot study.
Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Israel BA, Wilbur J, Braunschweig C, Gamboa C.
Presented at the 2008 International Conference on Urban Health, October 2008, Vancouver, Canada.

Neighborhood stability, proportion of middle income residents, and major depression in urban environments: a multilevel analysis of effect modification.
Coombe C, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Galea S, Mentz G, Grant-Pierson S.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, October 2008, San Diego, California.

Built environment as predictor of pedestrian activity: Findings from the Lean & Green in Motown Project
Miranda P, Schulz AJ, Ments G, Demajo R, Zenk SN, Gamboa C, Gaines C.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Octobe 2008, San Diego, California.

Food shopping behaviors in a multiethnic urban population: Implications for measurement and obesity prevention
Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Lachance LL, Lockett M, Odoms-Young A.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition Octobe 2008, San Diego, California.

Walk Your Heart to Health: Results From a Participatory Community Assessment, Planning and Pilot Project to Address Health Disparities
Schulz A, Israel BA, Sand S, Weir SS, Varick D, Gamboa C, Reyes A, Rev Poe C, Rowe Z.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition Octobe 2008, San Diego, California.

Neighborhood socioeconomic structure and major depression in urban environments: The interaction of neighborhood stability and percent middle income
Coombe C, Schulz A, Israel BA, Galea S, Mentz G, Grant-Pierson S.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition Octobe 2008, San Diego, California.

If we build it, will they use it? A collaborative approach to promoting greenway use in an urban community to reduce disparities in cardiovascular health
Weir S,Varick D, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Erikson D, Max P, Gamboa C, Violich C, Banks M.
Presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition Octobe 2008, San Diego, California.

Activity-space environments and weight-related behaviors
Zenk S, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Braunschweig C, Israel BA, Gamboa C.
Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 2008, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Toward an examination of neighborhood effects on health-related outcomes: A report on the development and use of a neighborhood typology in Detroit.
Wineman J, Marans R, Schulz AJ, Van der westhuizen D, Grant S, Max P.
Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association meeting, Veracruz, New Mexico, May 28-June1, 2008.

Community-based participatory research CBPR): Participatory Processes in Data Collection, Interpretation and Action Planning.
Schulz AJ, Weir S.
Presented at the RWJF Clinical Scholars Program, Ann Arbor, Mi November 20, 2007.

Collaborative approaches to reducing health disparities in urban settings: The Healthy Environments Partnership.
Weir S,Varick D.
Presented at Michigan's Premier Health Conference. Dearborn, MI, November 15, 2007.

If We Build It: Promoting Greenway Use to Increase Physical Activity - The Lean and Green in Motown Project.
Schulz AJ,Weir S, Varick D, Israej BA, Gamboa C, Guthard H.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 5, 2007.

Mental well-being and neighborhood socioeconomic context: Comparing measures of mental health in a multiethnic urban environment
Coombe C, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, White-Perkins D, Mentz G, Weir S,
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 5, 2007.

Individual sociodemographics, food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in urban adults."
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance L, Mentz G, Ridella W.
Presented at the 6th Annual International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, MD, November 1, 2007.

Community-based participatory research partnerships for health: Lessons learned from the Healthy Environments Partnership.
Schulz AJ, Reyes AG.
Presented at the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, seminar series on urban health, Toronto, on, February 28, 2007.

Lean-Green in Motown Project: Relationships between Visibility along Neighborhood Streets and Observed Use Patterns in Three Detroit Neighborhoods.
Van der Westhuizen D, Wineman J, Max P.
May 30, 2006. EDRA38 Conference, Sacramento, California.

Built environment and heart health: Community Forum, Eastside Detroit
Grant-Pierson S, Schulz AJ, Hammond D,
October 12, 2006. Warren Conner Development Coalition, Detroit, MI.

Built environment and heart health.
Gaines C, Schulz AJ, Hammond D.
Community Forum, Northwest Detroit, October 10, 2006. Brightmoor Community Center, Detroit MI.

Built environment and heart health.
Reyes A, Schulz AJ, Dvonch JT.
Community Forum, Southwest Detroit, October 5, 2006. Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, Detroit, MI.

Social support as a mediator between.stress and physical activity.
Torres E,Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Lockett M.
National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Association. March 15-18, San Antonio, Texas.

Social support as a mediator between stress and physical activity among African American women.
Torres E, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Lockett M.
Presentation for the Students of Color or Rackham Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 15, 2007.

Process and structure for conducting community-based participatory research: The Healthy Environments Partnership.
Reyes A, Schulz AJ.
Presentation for scholars in the Transdisciplinary Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, February 28, 2007.

Community-based participatory research partnerships for health: Lessons learned from the Healthy Environments Partnership.
Schulz AJ, Reyes AG.
Presented at the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, Seminar Series on Urban Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 28, 2007.

Perceptions of the neighborhood retail food environment: Predictors in an ethnically diverse sample of adults
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance LL, Mentz G, Ridella W, Kannan S.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 7, 2006.

Equal human rights by eliminating racial disparities in health: Unfair treatment as a mediator between race, ethnicity and multiple cardiovascular risk factors.
Miranda P,Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Stokes C, Kannan S.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 6, 2006.


Schulz AJ, Kannan S, Dvonch TJ, Benjamin A, Rowe Z, Weir S.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 9, 2002.
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