Core Areas

The UPR/CHA Exploratory EXPORT Center is organized into five core areas and two pilot projects.

Administrative Core consists of an Executive Committee, a Community Advisory Committee, and a Planning/Evaluation Committee that provides programmatic, fiscal, and operational oversight of all components of the Center.

Research Core is jointly directed by Barbara Dickey (CHA) and José Rodríguez Santana (UPR). The overall goals are to develop and test patient, provider, and system incentives in order to enhance the engagement of Latino patients in treatment for depression and the adherence and outcomes among children with asthma

Community Core is jointly directed by Delia Camacho (UPR) and Norah Mulvaney-Day (CHA). This core works with target communities to develop new and innovative interventions to bring clients into treatment and to improve service delivery. The community coalitions include The Puerto Rico National Centers for Excellence in Women's Health; the Puerto Rico Asthma Coalition; the Cambridge Public School System; and Roca Inc., a community-based organization located in Chelsea Massachusetts focused on youth and young adult programs.

PDF of the Manual for Promotoras (English)
PDF of the Participants Manual

PDF of the Manual de la Promotora (Español)
PDF of the Manual de la Participante

Training Core is jointly directed by Guillermo Bernal (UPR) and Richard Frank (HMS). The key activities of this Core are to foster development of minority researchers, provide individualized training experiences, and coordinate mentoring.

Shared Resources Core, jointly directed by Sharon-Lise Normand (HMS) and Norma Ware (HMS), provides methodological support for design, analysis, and interpretation of data for qualitative research; overseas instrumentation; and facilitates the implementation of research and training goals.

Pilot Projects are conducted by the Center's junior faculty. One is designed to improve the process of bringing Latino men with depression into treatment, and the other is designed to explore cultural beliefs and practices about asthma.