Who are we?
The Health Equity Action Research Team (HEART) is a team of public health researchers dedicated to fair and just health for all. We take a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, working with communities to make change happen.
What’s our mission?
Our mission is to reduce health disparities and increase health equity. By partnering with community organizations and members, we hope to promote healthy behaviors, community connection, and social action.
Contact Us
If you are interested in working with HEART or have questions about our work, contact us at (206) 685-4353 or by email at heart-team-hprc@uw.edu with the link below. We look forward to working with you!
What are our values?
Community-Based Participatory Research
We build trusting relationships with community organizations and health activists. We engage community members in all initiatives to voice community perspectives and needs within our research.
Behavioral Change + Social Health
We seek to promote healthy behaviors and community connection.
Justice
We pursue fair access to health for people of all identities through our research while also promoting health.
Context
We seek to understand the socioeconomic, cultural, and physical environment in which our communities live, play, pray, work, love, and learn; how they shape health; and how to consider this in our interventions.