Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron Longorio have devoted their careers to ensuring that every person, especially the most underrepresented and underserved, has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
It was this commitment to health equity that sparked the senior research coordinators at the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Community Engagement Core to create their recently released Fairness First Campaign.
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What are the root causes of health inequity and how do they affect the social determinants of health?
According to the recently released 2020 Regional Health Equity Survey Report (RHES), a key component to the root causes of health equity lies in the paths that create the problem — the unequal… Read more
KNAU interviewed Carmenlita Chief, senior program coordinator for CHER, for Flagstaff Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 12. Listen to the interview at KNAU “Flagstaff Hosts Virtual Events for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
The City of Flagstaff designated Monday, October 12, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Carmenlita Chief, senior program coordinator and Travis Pinn, doctoral student at Northern Arizona University in Interdisciplinary Health, are presenting remotely at 11 a.m. and noon. SHERC Advisory Council member, Candida Hunter, will also present at the 11 a.m. panel.
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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… Read more
Congratulations to Carmenlita Chief, senior program coordinator for Northern Arizona University Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC), who was recently appointed as vice president of the Native Americans for Community Action, Inc. (NACA) executive board of directors. The appointment is for a one-year term effective… Read more
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