Mission Statement
The mission of The Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos(CEHDL) is to contribute to the elimination of health disparities among Latino(a)s through the formation of human resources, community-based research, and culturally appropriate outreach/extension. CEHDL is an EXPORT Center funded by the NIH Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. CEHDL is structured as a consortium led by The University of Connecticut (PI: Rafael Pérez-Escamilla) in close partnership with The Hispanic Health Council (Co-PI: Grace Damio), and Hartford Hospital (Co-PI: Laurine Bow). CEHDL has four cores and coordinates a type 2 diabetes randomized community trial.
Contact Us
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Director
860-486-5073
rafael.perez-escamilla@uconn.edu
Donna Chapman
Assistant Director
860-486-0630
donna.chapman@uconn.edu
Lisa Phillips
Senior Program Assistant
860-486-3635
lisa.phillips@uconn.edu
Amber Hromi-Fiedler
Assistant Director, Research Core
860-486-5910
amber.hromi@uconn.edu
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Latest News
CEHDL Peer Reviewed Articles
August 11, 2010
As we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week I am very happy to share with you two CEHDL articles recently published that have important implications for breastfeeding promotion in Connecticut and beyond.
August 2010 Paper of the Month
August 3, 2010
The National Academies Press has released Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary to the public, free of charge.