The specific aims of the Research core are:
- To provide expertise to affiliated scientists in the development of applied community-based research projects to explore cultural, behavioral, physiological and economic factors associated with nutritional health disparities among Latinos.
- To provide expertise in quantitative methods and biostatistics.
- To provide expertise in qualitative and ethnographic methods.
- To develop and disseminate innovative research methods to explore Latino nutritional health disparities.
- To foster the development of creative, culturally competent and effective interventions to reduce Latino health disparities.
- To strengthen the collaborative relationship uniting health disparities researchers at the University of Connecticut, Hispanic Health Council, and Hartford Hospital.
- To build a state, national, and international coalitions of health disparities researchers focused on Latino health and nutrition issues.
Staff
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, University of Connecticut-Storrs, Interim Research Core Director
Sonia Vega-López, Hispanic Health Council, Research Core co-Director
