Mission
The mission of El Centro is to advance the scientific development and evaluation of culturally-tailored interventions in a constellation of behaviorally-rooted health conditions that disproportionately affect Hispanics:
- Substance abuse,
- HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections,
- Family and intimate partner violence, and
- Co-occurring mental health conditions.
El Centro also develops knowledge on the mechanisms by which culture-related processes lead to or protect from health problems and are linked to differential treatment responses across health conditions.
A related mission of El Centro is to train the next generation of health disparities scientists
