CBPR is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members and researchers in all aspects of the research process.10 CBPR is a key tool for exploring health issues in understudied populations.11 Since CBPR is characterized by participation, education, and social action, which are essential elements in building coalitions, we used CBPR to develop the Quebrada Arriba Community and Academic Partnership (QACAP) to address health disparities in older adults with chronic conditions living in the Quebrada Arriba community. The QACAP grew out of the Medical Sciences Campus and Centros Sor Isolina Ferré, Inc. (CSIF) concerns about the increasing prevalence of the older adult population in Puerto Rico who live in poverty and with chronic health conditions. Specifically, we joined efforts in response to a 2014 Request for Support (RFS) from the Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC) to address health disparities in Puerto Rico. We targeted this RFS to address the health needs of older adults living in Quebrada Arriba, a rural community in Patillas, a municipality located in the southern region of Puerto Rico
