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
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 …
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.
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