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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER
Core Theme
Promoting healthy lifestyles in rural communities.
Vision
Healthy families and communities that advocate and
partner for social and physical environments that support active,
healthy lifestyles.
Mission
The mission of the RMPRC is to advance healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic disease
among residents and communities in the Rocky Mountain region by
conducting, disseminating, and serving as a resource for community-based
prevention research and policy.
Participatory Research
The RMPRC is committed to
the principle of participatory research, a collaborative research approach
involving our community partners in the research process. We rely on
community members, including our Community Advisory Board in the San
Luis Valley, to assist with informing decisions in the direction and
scope of our research projects in the SLV.
To download a brochure on
the role of community-based participatory research, produced by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (click
here).
Guiding
Principles
| Health equity |
Promote health
equity and reduce racial and socioeconomic health disparities |
Collaboration
Diverse partners |
Collaborate with multiple organizations, groups and individuals
Seek out partners that represent the diversity in our communities |
Community driven |
Seek out and be responsive to community identified needs
Incorporate community input into intervention strategies |
Participation
Empowerment |
Utilize participatory methods throughout all phases of research,
translation and dissemination
Be a catalyst to communities for the improvement of their health |
Rigorous
Useful |
Conduct rigorous and useful research
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Sustainable
Transferable |
Develop programs that are sustainable and transferable |
Interdisciplinary |
Work with individuals with different areas of expertise |
Resource
Sharing |
Make resources go further through strategic partnerships |
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