ANN ARBOR – In the nearly 20 years that University of Michigan social work professor Trina Shanks has lived in Detroit and researched issues related to the impact of poverty, she’s gotten much closer to solutions. Shanks, director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being, faculty associate at the Survey Research Center at… Continue reading How to improve family well-being in Detroit
News Tag: Detroit
More Detroiters ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine than 4 months ago, U-M survey finds
DETROIT—Thirty-eight percent of Detroiters now say they are “very likely” to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, up from 14% who gave that response in fall 2020, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan. At the same time, the proportion of those very unlikely to vaccinate fell from 38% to… Continue reading More Detroiters ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine than 4 months ago, U-M survey finds
CDC blurs geography in reporting COVID-19 deaths, researchers say
When researcher Lauren Zalla was digging into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s reports about the racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths, she found something startling. She discovered that the CDC was using a statistical method that controls for geography when reporting deaths from COVID-19 by race and ethnicity. This distorts the rates… Continue reading CDC blurs geography in reporting COVID-19 deaths, researchers say
U-M’s partnerships, initiatives in Detroit on the rise during pandemic
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan ramped up its collaborations on a multitude of projects in the city of Detroit during the pandemic, including outreach to residents on issues ranging from unemployment to the COVID-19 vaccine. Initiatives such as Poverty Solutions, which created an Economic Mobility Partnership with the city of Detroit, and a partnership with… Continue reading U-M’s partnerships, initiatives in Detroit on the rise during pandemic
Segregation, income disparity fueled high Covid-19 numbers
A new study says metropolitan areas such as Detroit, Chicago and New York would have seen significantly lower Covid cases and deaths if racial segregation and poverty had not been factors. ANN ARBOR—The growth rate of COVID‐19 cases and deaths was higher for U.S. metropolitan areas that exhibited greater Black and white or Hispanic and… Continue reading Segregation, income disparity fueled high Covid-19 numbers
U-M, community partners tackle energy insecurity in three Detroit neighborhoods
ANN ARBOR—Some Detroiters spend up to 30% of their monthly income on home energy bills, a sky-high rate that places the city among the Top 10 nationally in a category that researchers call household energy burden. The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the situation, adding financial challenges that make it increasingly difficult for many low-… Continue reading U-M, community partners tackle energy insecurity in three Detroit neighborhoods
Majority of Detroiters say they’re unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccine, U-M survey says
DETROIT—Sixty-one percent of Detroiters say they are unlikely or very unlikely to get a government-approved COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest survey from the University of Michigan’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. The latest wave of the representative survey of Detroit residents was open Oct. 14-28. This is the fifth rapid-response… Continue reading Majority of Detroiters say they’re unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccine, U-M survey says
ISR Insights Speaker Series – School Mental Health in the Detroit Public Schools Community District
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. Tuesday, August 25 at 11am In recent years, rates of child and adolescent mental illness have skyrocketed. Nearly half of adolescents in the United States will experience symptoms of a mental illness before age 18, and one in… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – School Mental Health in the Detroit Public Schools Community District
Detroit unemployment rate drops, but 1 in 5 residents in financial trouble
ANN ARBOR—More Detroiters have returned to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but many families continue to have difficulty affording basic necessities and worry more hardship is ahead. That’s according to the latest representative survey of Detroiters from the University of Michigan’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. The survey, which was open July 15-29, is the… Continue reading Detroit unemployment rate drops, but 1 in 5 residents in financial trouble
The fight for Detroit school children’s constitutional right to literacy isn’t over
ANN ARBOR—In the wake of a landmark decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in April that declared Detroit school children have a constitutional right to literacy, Detroit families and education advocates around the country look to the Michigan Legislature to determine whether Detroit schools will receive the support necessary to combat the… Continue reading The fight for Detroit school children’s constitutional right to literacy isn’t over