Learn more about the Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles project in our February 2021 newsletter:
COVID-19
Telerehabilitation and Telepractice conference for health professionals, March 4–5
COVID-19 may present opportunities for improving healthcare delivery. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, telehealth visits with healthcare providers increased 154 percent between March 2019 and March 2020 primarily due to limitations of in-person interactions due to COVID-19.
To address these health care delivery shifts, and to discuss ways in… Read more
CHER partners with ASU, UA, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association to form CEAL COVID Consortium
American Indian, Latino and Black communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the United States, and Arizona has been no exception.
In response to the disparate pandemic spread, researchers from Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association… Read more
KNAU interviews Smith on contact tracing
Melinda Smith, doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Health and a graduate student with the Center for Health Equity Research, discussed her experience as a contact tracer with KNAU reporter Melissa Sevigny in a feature on Sept. 17.
Read or listen to the full interview …
Community health representatives: COVID-19 frontline workers make a difference on the Navajo Nation
CHER article recommendation:
CHER friends E Lee Rosenthal, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paige Menking, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, and Mae-Gilene Begay, Navajo Nation Department of Health, recently published an excellent article in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management on the work of Community Health Representatives (CHRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Titled… Read more