Table 2.

Summary of community-based research activities, “Salud para Piñones”

Research projects*	Study objectives
Building community campus partnerships for healthy communities: The Salud para Piñones Project	To develop and sustain a community-campus partnership development between the UPR-SoM and Piñones Community
Evaluation of community health needs through participatory research: Building bridges to address health disparities in Puerto Rico	To conduct a community health need assessment based on mixed methods to evaluate socio-demographic factors, prevalent diseases, risk factors, and health care utilization in the community
Assessment of pediatric health needs through participatory approach	To conduct a pediatric health need assessment using a participatory approach to evaluate health related needs in the pediatric community
Pilot Study: “Aprendiendo y cultivando”: an enhanced school-garden intervention to increase fruits and vegetables intake in a low income Hispanic community in Puerto Rico	To evaluate the role of school gardens in student knowledge and practices towards healthy foods and lifestyles using as model the “Gardens for Learning” initiative of the California Garden School Initiative.
Pilot Study: A multilevel intervention for chronic disease self-management in the community	To develop a culturally-tailored, multi-level intervention using Community Based Participatory Research principles to facilitate the integration of community health workers in the support chronic disease self-management in the community

^*These studies were approved by the UPR School of Medicine Institutional Review Board