Learn more about Community health workers’ positive impact on the Arizona Health Start program and other stories from our center in the July 2021 newsletter:
July 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
News
Williamson promoted to associate professor
Heather Williamson was promoted to associate professor for Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research and the Department of Occupational Therapy.
Williamson has worked in health care, social services and public health addressing in the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Florida, Arkansas and Arizona. She earned her Doctorate of Public Health,… Read more
Smith awarded Northwest NARCH Tribal Researchers’ Cancer Control Fellowship Program
Melinda Smith, a doctoral student in Northern Arizona University’s Interdisciplinary Health Program and a researcher at the Center for Health Equity Research, was recently awarded $30,000 through the Northwest NARCH Tribal Researchers’ Cancer Control Fellowship Program (TRCCFP).
The award supports TRCCFP Fellows in designing and implementing cancer prevention and… Read more
Spotlight: Amanda Pollitt
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.
Though she only arrived at CHER a year ago, she quickly assimilated and is already working with the data team on collecting and analyzing data for the Community-Engagement… Read more
Report highlights COVID-19 experiences of community health workers
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.
A team from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Arizona… Read more
Funding faculty equipment purchases is a little-known but important SHERC mission
For many Northern Arizona University researchers, the one thing that prevents them from completing groundbreaking research is the cost of equipment or programs needed to capture their data.
For the past five years, NAU’s Southwest Health Equity… Read more