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COVID-19 in Arizona

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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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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Faculty spotlight: Heather Williamson

Posted by ld583 on August 7, 2020

With COVID-19 spreading over the past six months, Dr. Heather Williamson, her community and her university collaborators are adjusting their community-based research projects to address the virus’ challenges, especially for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
In one of her current projects, Williamson is working to address the digital divide experienced by individuals with… Read more

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Sabo and Gomez featured on KJZZ for contract tracing

Posted by ld583 on July 23, 2020

KJZZ ‘The Show’ feature
July 24, 2020

By Mark Brodie
Published July 22, 2020––The Show on KJZZ 91.5

The Arizona Department of Health Services recorded another 1,926 new cases of COVID-19 on July 22, pushing the total number of cases over 150,000.

The state is also reported that 56 more Arizonans died due to the virus, meaning… Read more

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