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Graduate students January 2023
CHER welcomes our newest students Corey Hemstreet and Jennifer Etcitty. Hemstreet is in the online Master of Public Health–Health Promotion program and Etcitty is in the Master of Public Health–Indigenous Health program. They are both working with Amanda Hunter, CHER postdoctoral scholar.
Jennifer Etcitty
Hometown: Kirtland, New Mexico
What is your program of study? Master of Public… Read more
Indrakshi Roy named NAU assistant research professor
Congratulations to Indrakshi Roy who was recently named an assistant research professor for the Northern Arizona University Department of Health Sciences and for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER). Roy’s professional interests are in gerontology, health disparities, health services research, health economics, health policy implications and healthy aging. She has been at… Read more
Is rapid online ethnography effective in studying telehealth during the pandemic for people who use drugs? Researchers say yes and no
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in January 2020, many health providers of people who use drugs shifted patient visits online as the U.S. adjusted its medical policies to accommodate a virtual environment.
From August 2020 to September 2021, researchers from Northern Arizona University studied how COVID-19 telehealth policies impacted people who use drugs. They published their results in Frontiers in Sociology in an article titled “Possibilities and… Read more
Navajo undergraduate students successful in educating community on COVID-19
A group of researchers from Northern Arizona University and Diné College found that employing public health students to deliver COVID-19 information to their own community is an effective way to address residents’ vaccine concerns and hesitancy.
The community-based research study on the Navajo Nation, called the Diné (Navajo) Teachings and Public Health Students Informing… Read more
Improving life for new parents
Lactation Spaces Committee assists with developing culturally relevant lactation spaces
When Native Americans for Community Action (NACA) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2019, they decided to use part of it to increase breastfeeding awareness in the Flagstaff community—an important yet often overlooked necessity for parents.
Meanwhile, at Northern Arizona University, several individuals including Alisse Ali Joseph, assistant professor in the Department of Applied… Read more