Tag: Heather Williamson

Supporting community health workers (CHWs) with resources and training

ld583 | March 8, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of community health workers (CHWs)—including Hispanic/Latinx promotores de salud and Indigenous community health representatives (CHRs)—in getting valuable and trusted scientific information to community members, preventing COVID-19 spread, and linking individuals to essential health and social services and resources… Read more

Researchers develop cancer screening program for Native American women with disabilities

ld583 | November 9, 2022

How can you encourage breast and cervical cancer screenings for Native American women with intellectual and developmental disabilities… Read more

Collaboration and clear communication can improve health equity, researchers find

ld583 | July 12, 2022

Invaluable Partnership

ld583 | January 10, 2022

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) recently received a $100,000, one-year supplemental grant to collaborate with Native Americans for Community Action, Inc. (NACA) as part of the Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training, or C-CART program… Read more

C-CART orientation snapshot

ld583 | September 15, 2021

On August 17, students who were recently accepted into the Culturally Centered Addictions Research Training or C-CART, met with their instructors for the first time. It was a hybrid experience with several of the students and instructors attending virtually… Read more

SHERC investigators release resource guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

ld583 | June 16, 2021

Each year in Arizona, family members spend about 357 million unpaid hours caring for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Before now, each caregiver in rural northern Arizona had to scramble and search for relevant resources for their loved one, often overlooking their own support and care… Read more

CHER receives almost $1.4M grant to develop community centered graduate certificate for health professionals focusing on substance use disorders

ld583 | April 21, 2021

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) recently received an almost $1.4 million grant to create a graduate certificate training program for practicing clinicians and doctoral students in health professions… Read more

NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations

ld583 | April 20, 2021

According to Samantha Sabo, getting the COVID-19 vaccine to people who need it most requires a team approach with key experts in rural communities leading the way… Read more

Robinson receives two NAU awards in research

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Bethany Robinson, a junior year biology undergraduate student in the Northern Arizona University Honors College, was awarded the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award (HURA) — a grant to do her own research on the impact of disability on access to physical activity while incarcerated among women… Read more

Latest Fairness First episode explores advancing health equity in Arizona

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What are the root causes of health inequity and how do they affect the social determinants of health… Read more