Heather Williamson

Supporting CHWs with resources and training

Posted by ld583 on March 8, 2023

CEAL research team supports community health workers during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of community health workers (CHWs)—including Hispanic/Latinx promotores de salud and Indigenous community health representatives (CHRs)—in getting valuable and trusted scientific information to community members, preventing COVID-19 spread, and linking individuals to essential health and social services and resources.

In a community case study titled, “Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities: Academic-Community Partnership… Read more

Researchers develop cancer screening program for Native American women with disabilities

Posted by ld583 on November 9, 2022

How can you encourage breast and cervical cancer screenings for Native American women with intellectual and developmental disabilities?

A group of researchers from Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona and their community partners found that emphasizing traditional teachings about health, highlighting the importance of prevention for caregivers and supporters, connecting… Read more

Collaboration and clear communication can improve health equity, researchers find

Posted by ld583 on July 12, 2022

Health Disparities

The differences in health status and disease burden (e.g., lower quality of life, financial costs, and death) exist among specific populations based on social or demographic factors such as race and income.

Social Determinants of Health

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).

Health Equity

Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more

Invaluable Partnership

Posted by ld583 on January 10, 2022

NACA officially partners with NAU’s CHER and College of Education in culturally centered research training program for health professionals

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received a $100,000, one-year supplemental grant to collaborate with Native Americans for Community Action, Inc. (NACA) as part of the Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training, or… Read more

C-CART orientation snapshot

Posted by ld583 on September 15, 2021

C-CART successfully combines online, in-person orientation

On August 17, students who were recently accepted into the Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training or C-CART, met with their instructors for the first time. It was a hybrid experience with several of the students and instructors attending virtually.

The innovative graduate certification program, funded… Read more

SHERC investigators release resource guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Posted by ld583 on June 16, 2021

Each year in Arizona, family members spend about 357 million unpaid hours caring for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Before now, each caregiver in rural northern Arizona had to scramble and search for relevant resources for their loved one, often overlooking their own support and… Read more

Heather Williamson

Supporting CHWs with resources and training

CEAL research team supports community health workers during COVID-19

Researchers develop cancer screening program for Native American women with disabilities