Director
Contact Information
Email: chpr@mail.nur.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-9910
Website: sites.utexas.edu/chpr/
Address: School of Nursing | View Map
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations was established in 1999 by a 10-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (P30NR005051.) Subsequently, the Center was supported by the Gordon and Mary Hancock Cain Excellence Fund at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. In August of 2011, the St. David’s Foundation made a gift to the School of Nursing to create a permanent endowment to support the Center. In recognition of this gift, the Center was renamed the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations.
Mission
The mission of the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations is to improve the health of underserved people through applied research.
Aims
- Maintain and enhance the St. David’s CHPR within the School of Nursing.
- Improve the health of underserved people through theory driven, efficient and culturally competent health promotion/disease prevention research-based interventions.
- Develop and refine interventions and analytic methods along the continuum of health promotion/disease prevention to meet the needs of underserved populations.
- Expand interdisciplinary investigative teams studying health promotion and/or disease prevention.
- Disseminate and translate methods and findings on health promotion and disease prevention in underserved populations to scientists, clinicians, policymakers and consumers.
- Explore the application of emerging technologies to promote health and decrease health disparities in underserved populations.