Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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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

Spotlight: Amanda Pollitt

ld583 | July 20, 2021

With an extensive background in LGBTQ health equity, Amanda Pollitt adds a new and important specialization focus to the Center for Health Equity Research’s burgeoning offerings… Read more

Resilient teamwork: partners adapt summer program during COVID

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When the COVID-19 pandemic closed businesses and eliminated most summer programs in Arizona last year, a team from Diné College and Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) quickly pivoted to an online curriculum for Diné students in two longtime summer education programs… Read more

Community health workers improve birthweight of newborns through the Arizona Health Start Program, researchers find

ld583 | June 22, 2021

Through a comprehensive study of the last 10 years, researchers from Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona found that pregnant women and mothers enrolled in Arizona’s Health Start Program, which employs community health workers (CHWs) to conduct home visits, have lower rates of low birthweight and preterm newborns than women who did not participate in Health Start… Read more
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