UPR/MSC CURRENT PROJECTS
AND ACTIVITIES
Selected Campus Projects Relevant to Women's Health
Center for Health Care Systems Evaluation and Sociomedical Research
The Center for Health Care Systems Evaluation and Sociomedical Research of the Graduate School of Public Health:
Promotes and conducts research on the island's sociomedical problems in order to seek solutions that will lead to better health conditions and quality of life for the Puerto Rican society.
Fosters the integrated analysis and evaluation of health care services delivery and the understanding of sociomedical problems affecting individual and collective health in Puerto Rico.
Assesses information needs in the areas of planning, service implementation, and public policy of health services.
Evaluates health systems and programs, and plans and conducts socio-medical research.
Develops research instruments, offers consulting services, provides a laboratory for evaluation of sociomedical problems for students, promotes publishing of data and research findings.
Sponsors research exchange among researchers in Puerto Rico, the United States, and Latin America.
The Center's research is planned and developed by a group of biomedical and sociomedical researchers (physicians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others) following in an interdisciplinary approach. Faculty from the Graduate School of Public Health and other schools at the Medical Sciences Campus participate in the Center's research. Collaborators and consultants from abroad also participate in numerous activities. Several important research projects currently in progress are: Mental Health Services Utilization in Puerto Rico, AIDS and Prostitution, Adolescents at Risk of Contracting AIDS, Women and AIDS, Prevention of High Risk Behaviors for HIV in Women, and Availability of Preventive Services for High Risk HIV+ Selected Populations. The Center for Health Systems Evaluation will be responsible for evaluating the COE. Dr. Margarita Alegría, Center Director, and her colleagues, Dr. Mildred Vera and Dr. Carmen Albizu, will assist in this endeavor.
