Tag: Omar Gomez

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

AZ CEAL art contest featured on Cronkite News

ld583 | June 10, 2022

Watch a fantastic feature story on AZ Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) COVID Youth Art on Cronkite News https://youtu.be/uNL5NfqOLu0… Read more

CHER welcomes new and current students for fall 2021

ld583 | September 15, 2021

The Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research welcome new and current students to the fall 2021 semester. Read below for more information on them and find out what motivated them to want to earn a degree in public health… Read more

Report highlights COVID-19 experiences of community health workers

ld583 | July 20, 2021

Community health workers (CHWs) — also referred to as community health representatives and promotoras de salud — are frontline public health workers who are trusted and welcomed into the homes of their communities… 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