NAU News Feature
March 31, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spread throughout Arizona, a group of about 15 Northern Arizona University faculty members from a variety of departments and students joined together to help Coconino County Health & Human Services (CCHHS) in its initial response.
The volunteers, most of whom came from the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), are assisting the county with investigating cases, contacting exposed individuals to discuss quarantine, calling people with negative test results and analyzing the burden county health systems can expect.
“We were interested in making a difference in our community, so we reached out to the county to see how we could help,” said Samantha Sabo, associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences and CHER. Read more …