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Detroit Health Equity Education Resource (D-HEER) is an initiative of the Southeast Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition (SEMPQIC), which serves as the Regional Perinatal Quality Collaborative for Wayne (including Detroit), Macomb, and Oakland counties. SEMPQIC was founded in 2015 with the mission of creating a coordinated, equitable, and sustainable network for perinatal care based on best practices and evidence-based strategies that improve birth outcomes for all babies born in southeast Michigan and narrow the disparity between black and white births including adverse maternal, perinatal, and infant outcomes, including infant mortality.

The development and direction of D-HEER is led by the Collective Impact Advisory Committee comprised of area health professionals, medical students, administrators, community-based organizations, and others. In addition to supporting the overall direction and development of the site, Advisory Committee members play a key role in procuring and approving resources, directing the data for the dashboard, and developing strategies for collaborating on the use of website materials.

D-HEER is a free resource for perinatal stakeholders, health professionals and parent groups. The content of the site is curated to inform, educate, and advocate for communities that experience high levels of infant and maternal mortality and severe morbidity. We invite all individuals and organizations desiring to address racism, health disparities, and health outcome inequities to use this site. The website is currently focused on metrics related to the city of Detroit with plans for expanding to the rest of the southeast Michigan region, and then statewide, as we continue to grow.