The Latino Network Core will build on the landmark Hispanic Community Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a community-based cohort of 16,415 adults from four cities with large Latino communities — Bronx, NY, Miami, FL, San Diego, CA and Chicago, IL.
Aims
The causes of Latino diabetes disparities include social determinants with their roots in structural racism, as well as psychosocial, lifestyle, biological and genetic pathways. To combat diabetes disparities and improve quality of life in the large and growing US Latino population, innovative, culturally appropriate approaches are needed that address multi-level targets, partner with community entities, and apply state of science technologies. The Latino Network Core supports translational research that focuses on cutting-edge diabetes prevention and management approaches with emphasis on sociocultural adaptation for US Latinos. We continue to leverage resources and expertise of the HCHS/SOL, which now includes six years of longitudinal follow-up (with a third, 12-year follow-up visit in process) and data from multiple ancillary studies relevant to diabetes translational research across the life course. Core faculty expertise in cultural tailoring, community engaged research, and eHealth approaches help guide maximally effective and innovative translational research.
Services Provided
- The Latino Network Core services structured to help investigators:
- consultations on recruitment and retention of large samples of Latinos locally and nationally;
- creation of academic-community partnerships to conduct cost- and clinically-effective translational research, ensuring that interventions are sustained beyond the research period;
- development of culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically informed interventions;
- use of electronic health records for sample identification, recruitment and outcomes analysis;
- integration of mHealth enhancements to augment the impact of diabetes translational interventions; and
- scaling and dissemination of effective interventions.
Resources
Grant Acknowledgement
Users of Core Services are asked to acknowledge the support of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) grant that supports our Center in their publications and presentations: P30 DK111022.
