Hampton University Health Disparities Reduction Project (HDRP)

Bertha Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Project Investigator   Cheryl M. Killion, PhD, RN Former Project Investigator

Funded By National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Grant Number: 1R24MD000192-01

Hampton University Health Disparities Reduction Project seeks to develop a program for Heath Disparities reduction. Given the broad nature of disparity issue, this proposal will focus on access to health care . One of the most firmly established and frequently reported patterns in the distributions of quality of life indicators in the United States is the disparate health status of ethnic minority populations and the economically disadvantaged. Data suggest that differential incidences of disease and health outcomes result from the complex interactions of multiple factors. Comprehensive multilevel approaches are urgently needed to reduce health disparities that exist between different ethnic / racial and socioeconomic groups in our country. Hampton University is uniquely poised to successfully address the problem of minority health disparities. THis effort represents and interdisciplinary approach from two of the four recently inaugurated, doctoral degree-granting schools in the university, Nursing and Pharmacy. The program will integrate research, training, and outreach to establish a scientific base for eliminating health disparities and improving the health and well being of ethnic minority populations. The proposed program for Health Disparity Reduction will do the following:

1. Promote research to reduce health disparities through a pilot / feasibility funding mechanism.
2. Foster the generation and testing of culturally specific, health related theories and interventions from a multidisciplinary perspective.
3. Establish a means for enhancing community involvement as research is conducted and disseminated.
4. Expand the number of minority researchers involved in minority health issues.