How are aging family caregivers coping with the added pressures of caring for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) during the current pandemic?
Six researchers from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently published a commentary in the Public Policy and… Read more
Melinda Smith, doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Health and a graduate student with the Center for Health Equity Research, discussed her experience as a contact tracer with KNAU reporter Melissa Sevigny in a feature on Sept. 17.
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CHER friends E Lee Rosenthal, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paige Menking, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, and Mae-Gilene Begay, Navajo Nation Department of Health, recently published an excellent article in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management on the work of Community Health Representatives (CHRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Amanda Hunter, postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) at Northern Arizona University, recently published an article on culturally responsive schooling in the Journal of Indigenous Early Childhood Education with Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, research professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Titled “Strengthening the… Read more
Newswise — Researchers have long found that general mortality estimates for whites and African Americans have consistently shown that Black death rates exceed white rates. However, there is limited information on historical trends in mortality rates between older black and white adults living in urban societies compared with rural communities.
Stomach cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death globally. Helicobacter pylori infection is a major known risk factor for stomach cancer.
In Arizona, stomach cancer rates are 3–4 times higher among the Navajo population as compared with the non-Hispanic white population. In the foundational study, “Nobody Is Talking About It”: Diné (Navajo) Communities Speak… Read more