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Master of Public Health, Indigenous Health Track: An innovation in training future health equity leaders

ld583 | November 18, 2021

In 2017, Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) began their collaboration with Diné College, a Tribal College of the Navajo Nation, Navajo Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Partnership… Read more

Nicolette-Teufel-Shone in front of a classroom teaching students.

CHER partnerships build capacity to address American Indian health

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From its beginnings in 2016, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) has been working with community partners on long-term health equity projects that improve health and wellbeing of American Indian communities of the U.S. Southwest, Southeast and Great Plains. During National American Indian Heritage Month, we highlight a few of our treasured partnerships… Read more

Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative investigators work to end the HIV epidemic in rural Oklahoma

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Since her doctoral work more than 31 years ago, Northern Arizona University Regents’ Professor Julie A. Baldwin has been working to prevent human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in a unique way—through community-engaged, culturally centered interventions based on the specific needs in each community… Read more

Amanda Hunter: Investing in Indigenous Youth through Native Spirit

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Amanda Hunter’s commitment to Indigenous health equity, specifically for youth and young adults, is shaping her prolific work as the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) postdoctoral scholar… Read more

Diné College public health students provide vaccine education to Navajo Nation residents through study

ld583 | October 20, 2021

Though the Navajo Nation has been a U.S. leader in COVID-19 vaccine uptake throughout most of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy does exist there… Read more

7-Part COVID-19 vaccines video series offers community health workers needed training

ld583 | October 18, 2021

Community health workers (CHWs)—also known as community health representatives (CHRs) and promotoras—know their community best. Unlike most other healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, CHWs have delivered essential support to their clients, often in their clients’ homes… Read more

3 NAU junior investigators earn grants in the Pilot Project Program’s 5th funding year

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The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded three NAU researchers grants totaling $150,000 for health equity research in the local community through the Pilot Project Program (PPP)… Read more

Fairness First Campaign: Bringing community organizations and researchers together through discussions, experiential learning and social mixers

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Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron Longorio have devoted their careers to ensuring that every person, especially the most underrepresented and underserved, has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible… Read more

Healthy Navajo K’é podcast brings maternal and child health talks to the Navajo Nation

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Creating an effective maternal and child health (MCH) podcast on the Navajo Nation requires more than just important health information—it involves having compelling hosts, effective guests, excellent editing and a style to which the audience can relate… Read more

Fairness First releases its first blog: Catrin Edgeley, Wildfires and health equity

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Q. Can you tell us more about the research you do around wildfire and social science… Read more