Since her doctoral work more than 31 years ago, Northern Arizona University Regents’ Professor Julie A. Baldwin has been working to prevent human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in a unique way—through community-engaged, culturally centered interventions based on the specific needs in each community.
Baldwin, director of the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and… Read more
Carly Camplain, doctoral student in interdisciplinary health and senior research coordinator for the Center for Health Equity Research, was selected for the first cohort of the newly created INSPIRE: Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program.
INSPIRE is a 24-month substance abuse and addictions research mentoring program through the University of Washington School of Social Work that offers training… Read more
Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received an almost $1.4 million grant to create a graduate certificate training program for practicing clinicians and doctoral students in health professions.
The certificate, called Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training or C-CART, will address substance use disorders, specifically in underserved American Indian, Hispanic, and rural populations.
The innovative graduate certification program, funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fills a critical… Read more
Learn more about the CHER and Coconino county attorney partnership through a NARBHA grant:
It’s not very often that you come across a person who has a juris doctorate, a bachelor’s in psychology, a bachelor’s in sociology with a minor in statistics, and who is now completing a master’s of public health and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary health with an emphasis in health equity.
Yet Carolyn “Carly” Camplain not only… Read more
In Coconino County, individuals are admitted to jail twice as often per year as the national average, with about 3,093 per 100,000 people per year admitted to Coconino County Detention Facility (CCDF).
To address the incarceration rate, Northern Arizona University faculty members are collaborating with Coconino County Attorney’s Office to analyze the most effective methods in creating a comprehensive diversionary program — including housing, behavioral health and job training —… Read more