By Lauren Gilger
Jan. 31, 2023
The impacts of structural racism has led to many inequities for Native Americans, from poverty to education to health disparities — including cancer rates.
This group has higher rates of cancer, including lung, colorectal, liver, stomach and kidney… Read more
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 EtcittyHometown: Kirtland, New Mexico
What is your program of study? Master of Public… Read more
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
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
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
