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COVID-19 and health equity

Report highlights COVID-19 experiences of community health workers

Posted by ld583 on July 20, 2021

Community health workers (CHWs) — also referred to as community health representatives and promotoras de salud — are frontline public health workers who are trusted and welcomed into the homes of their communities.

A team from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Arizona… Read more

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Conference on May 19 examines the impact of COVID-19 on border health

Posted by ld583 on May 13, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 has challenged border communities who were already working to improve their region’s social determinants of health — conditions where people live, learn, work, and play that affect their health and quality of life.

On May 19, the one-day, online conference, “COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Impact on the Border,” 8:30–11:30 a.m., will bring… Read more

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February 2021 newsletter

Posted by ld583 on February 18, 2021

Learn more about the Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles project in our February 2021 newsletter:

February 2021 newsletter

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Pivoting due to COVID leads to project’s success

Posted by ld583 on February 16, 2021

A mere six months before the pandemic, Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth, associate clinical professor, NAU Department of Occupational Therapy, and her community partner Shevaun Sullivan, director of group home relations for OCJ Kids or Opportunity, Community and Justice for Kids, in Phoenix, received funding from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for their project.

Their plan… Read more

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NAU researchers study changing substance use treatment regulations during COVID-19

Posted by ld583 on January 12, 2021

Opioid addiction and other substance use disorders have surged to become a major national health priority in recent years.

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), where physicians use carefully regulated medications to help patients overcome their addictions, is one of the most popular and effective treatment approaches, but is often hampered by the need for patients to… Read more

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CHER receives $1.2 million for health equity COVID-19 research

Posted by ld583 on October 14, 2020

Researchers in Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently received four grants totaling more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NAU Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of CHER and the principal investigator for three of these projects explained… Read more

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