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Specific Aims

The Specific Aims of the Center are as follows:

  1. Investigate the role of neighborhood characteristics on the health of Mexican-Americans and other Hispanic populations, using available research and administrative data sets merged with Census data.
  2. Analyze available data sets to better understand the role of neighborhood on cancer incidence in Mexican-Americans.
  3. Conduct population-based interdisciplinary research on the effect of neighborhood and individual characteristics on the impact of environmental hazards on the health of Mexican-Americans.
  4. Conduct community-based participatory research to test interventions to reduce cancer risks and improve the health of Mexican-Americans, and use the information obtained in Specific Aims 2 and 3 to expand those interventions.
  5. Collaborate with other interdisciplinary programs at UTMB with interests and expertise relevant to population health and health disparities, including the NIEHS Center on Environmental Health and Allergic Disease Research Center, and the AHRQ Minority Institutions Health Services Research Infrastructure Program.
  6. Through the use of the pilot research grants and in collaboration with existing faculty development programs and training grants at UTMB, increase the number of faculty participating in quantitative and qualitative research on the causes of health disparities and in community participatory research of interventions to ameliorate disparities.