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.

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 the impacts of systemic racism and 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, due to the large concentration of African Americans at risk, with plans for expanding to the rest of the southeast Michigan region, and then statewide, as we continue to learn and grow.

When you use D-HEER you will have access to tools, articles, books, videos and more with information on health equity. You will be able to use the data dashboard to measure progress and guide your thinking about how you can impact the health of Detroiters and Black and Brown people and the many social and environmental influences that impact their health of Black and Brown people. You will be able to learn how others use the materials in this site and offer input of their use to foster collaboration. Users can also provide feedback to the website host for improvements.