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The Mission of the Center for Health Promotion Research is to Improve the Health of Underserved People Through Applied Research

This Center is funded for a second five years, beginning September 2004, by the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health to foster health promotion and disease prevention research endeavors in underserved populations. This Center thus addresses a major goal of Healthy People 2010: to reduce disparities in health.

The Specific Aims of CHPR are:

• Maintain and enhance a Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research for Underserved Populations (CHPR) within the formal structure of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, to include core staff, services, and advisory and executive councils/committees;
• Develop, refine and implement community-based intervention research that is theory driven and culturally competent to decrease health disparities and promote health among underserved populations (e.g., minorities, low income individuals, persons with chronic disabling conditions, children/adolescents, the elderly);
• Explore the application of emerging technologies and intervention research methods to promote health and prevent disease among underserved populations;
• Expand interdisciplinary and interinstitutional collaboration among nurse researchers and other investigators studying health promotion and/or disease prevention;
• Disseminate findings on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved populations to nursing and other scientists, clinicians, and policymakers; and
• Translate findings on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved populations for clinicians and consumers, including research participants and other members of underserved populations, to enhance clinical practice and health decision-making.