Welcome to Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE)
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE) is a community-based participatory research partnership that includes community-based organizations, the health practice community, environmental organizations, and academic researchers. We are working together to develop and implement a public health action plan to improve air quality and health in Detroit.
Check out our new Air Quality Monitoring Series!
Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform the work to promote clean air and improved health.
Learn more:
- Michigan Air Quality Annual Report 2024 (State of Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy): http://www.michigan.gov/egle/-/media/…
- 2024 Design Value Interactive Map (A Design Value is the statistic that describes the air quality status of a given location relative to the level of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Use this map to see which monitors are measuring above standards set by the NAAQS. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/…
- Airnow.gov (U.S. EPA Office of Indoor Air Quality): http://airnow.gov/
Cumulative Impact
List of State Cumulative Impact Legislation – May, 2024
This spreadsheet contains state legislation addressing cumulative impacts that was passed or introduced between 2017 and 2024.
Cumulative Impact Summary of Legislative Components
Read this document summarizing key dimensions of state level legislation and policies that use cumulative risk frameworks to inform action.
Report: From Air Pollution to Solutions
Learn more about cumulative impact from the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, featuring CAPHE partners.
EHRA Foundations
Are you interested in a free curriculum to learn about building capacity among K-12 teachers to teach about environmental health issues?
Our Work: Schools Indoor Air Quality Project
The ScIP program aims to improve and monitor indoor air quality in Detroit area schools and other child serving organizations.
CAPHE Public Health Action Plan
The CAPHE Public Health Action Plan includes evidence-based recommendations for short-, mid- and long-term strategies to reduce air pollution exposures and their adverse impacts on health in Detroit.
Online Survey for Air Quality Concerns in Detroit
Please take the following survey, which is designed to obtain input from city residents to identify areas for air quality monitoring in the City of Detroit. Click here for more information on the survey.
Environment News from Detroit & Around the World
From CAPHE Partners
From CAPHE Partners
Our Work: Research by CAPHE & Partners
Featured Publication: Multi-directional communication between decision makers and environmental health researchers: a qualitative inquiry (Leach et al., 2023)
Read through more research and publications by CAPHE, partners, and partner organizations.
CAPHE Events
Learn more about upcoming and past events hosted by CAPHE, partners, and partner organizations.
Air Quality in Detroit
Residents of Detroit have been and continue to be exposed to elevated levels of air pollutants. These pollutants have been linked to asthma, poor birth outcomes, and cardiovascular disease. Air pollution is one of the top public health priorities identified by Detroit community members and its leaders.
For the past 15 years we have collected data about the state of our air quality here in Detroit. This effort has been a long time coming and will benefit our communities for years to come.
Angela Reyes, Executive Director, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Partnerships & Partner Organizations
This work is made possible by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (RO1ES022616, RO1ES032389), and the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), #P30ES017885.