CHER reports
2021 Health Start Program Evaluation Impact Report, 2006-2016
Read the 2021 Health Start Program Evaluation Impact Report, 2006-2016 (Published December 1, 2021)
2020 Navajo Nation Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment
Read the 2020 Navajo Nation Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment (Published September 11, 2020)
CEAL Results from Community Health Workers Focus Group report
Read the results from the Community Health Workers Focus Group Report (Published May 19, 2021)
CHER COVID-19 Resource Update
CHER Public Health COVID-19 Response Scientific Update
Read the Center for Health Equity Research Public Health COVID-19 Response Scientific Update (Published July 5, 2020)
Community Health Workers Reports
Community Health Worker Workforce: Assessment of the Integration and Financing of Community Health Workers within Arizona Medicaid Health Plans
In response to shifts supporting the integration of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce into public health and health care systems, the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University interviewed leadership of all Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) contracted health plans to assess innovations in CHW workforce integration and financing.
From their research, they developed the Community Health Worker Workforce: Assessment of the Integration and Financing of Community Health Workers within Arizona Medicaid Health Plans report.
Community Health Representative Workforce Assessment (Phase I)
Dr. Samantha Sabo, associate professor for the Department of Health Science and the Center for Health Equity Research for Northern Arizona University, Dr. Ricky Camplain, CHER and health science assistant professor, and Louisa O’Meara, research assistant at CHER, published the Community Health Representative Workforce Assessment 2019 report for the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care in collaboration with the Arizona Community Health Representative Coalition.
Read the full report for more information.
Community Health Representative Workforce Assessment (Phase II)
Dr. Samantha Sabo, associate professor for the Department of Health Science and for Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research, Louisa O’Meara, research assistant at CHER, and Alisa Neel, research assistant at CHER, published the Community Health Representative Workforce Assessment 2020 (Phase II) report for the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care in collaboration with the Arizona Community Health Representative Coalition.
Read the full report for more information.
