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… 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.
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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… Read more
When COVID-19 reached Arizona in early March, CHER and SHERC faculty and staff reached out into their community partners to see how they could assist.
Enlisting the help of faculty and administrative staff, the team worked nights and weekends to submit a half dozen… Read more
The Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative has a team of nine researchers, each with a full list of projects that they are responsible for. Though none of the researchers have halted their work, they have had to adjust to life working from home during the COVID-10 pandemic, which began more than a month ago.
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