Table 8 – Dr. Rosalie Corona

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Integrative Statement

Biography:
My research, teaching, and service activities are inter-related and have at their core a commitment to community-academic partnerships and multicultural issues. Community-engaged research is an innovative methodological approach that engages community expertise to address complex contemporary social issues, particularly those facing urban communities. My community-engaged research addresses health disparities and improves societal outcomes within our own metro-Richmond urban region and is a model that can scale up to benefit other urban regions around the nation/world. Addressing health disparities requires an inter-disciplinary, multi-method approach. As such, my work bridges clinical psychology, developmental psychology, social work, medicine/genetics, and public health and incorporates observational methods, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and surveys. In my community-engaged research, I focus on health promotion and risk reduction for Latina/os and African Americans. I partner with community agencies, schools, health clinics, and worksites. A theme throughout my scholarship is the role of family and culture in health behaviors. My community-engaged research has progressed from an initial focus on identifying local health disparities and the risk and protective factors associated with these disparities, to the development, implementation, and evaluation of family-based prevention programs to address health disparities.

Author

• Rosalie Corona, Virginia Commonwealth University
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