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- The PriSSM Center aims to enhance symptom self-management among Latinos by considering various factors that affect individuals throughout their lives.
- The center utilizes informatics and data science techniques to support its research endeavors, including pilot studies and resources.
- Three key focus areas of the center's work are the Latino Data Repository, Information Visualization, and Center Evaluation.
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The goal of the Precision in Symptom Self-Management (PriSSM) Center is to advance the science of symptom self-management for Latinos through a social ecological lens that takes into account variability in individual, interpersonal, organizational, and environmental factors across the life course. Informatics and data science methods are foundational to PriSSM's research activities including its pilot studies and research resources. This work highlights three areas: Latino Data Repository, Information Visualization, and Center Evaluation.
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