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Promoting Latino Health Equity: LRPC's Initiatives and Collaborations

Learn about Latino Research and Policy Center (LRPC) at University of Colorado Denver, focusing on eliminating health disparities affecting Latinos through addressing social determinants. Discover their partnerships and projects with Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF), PCORI grant on HPV vaccine initiation, and more. Explore LRPC's impactful proposals on Latina HPV vaccine disparities and chronic disease prevention among Spanish-speaking Latinos.

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Promoting Latino Health Equity: LRPC's Initiatives and Collaborations

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  1. Overview: Current Partnerships& Projects Latino Research and Policy Center (LRPC) University of Colorado Denver Fall 2013

  2. LRPC’s Areas of Focus • Eliminating health disparities affecting Latinos by addressing social & behavioral determinants • Cancer • Heart disease • Diabetes • Increasing the number of Latinos through the pipeline to health careers • Public health • Medicine • Mental health

  3. LRPC’s Partnerships • Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) • Evaluation of “JuntosPodemos Contra el Cancer” • Children’s Outcome Research Program • PCORI grant on Latina’s HPV vaccine initiation and completion disparities (PI: Demsey, A). • Colorado School of Public Health • Social media for sexual and reproductive rights, access, and justice grant. • Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) • Latino hypertension disparities workgroup.

  4. LRPC’s Proposals • Latina HPV vaccine and cervical cancer disparities • Five research proposals to CDC, ACS, HHS, NIH. • Hispanic Access Foundation, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Salud Family Health Centers • Prevention and control of chronic diseases among Spanish-speaking Latinos • One research proposal to the NIMHD • Hispanic Access Foundation • Training of graduate students in health careers to address breast cancer disparities among Latinas • One research proposal to the Susan G. Komen • Denver Health & Hospital Authority

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