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SHERC e-HERO project featured in Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

Posted by ld583 on March 8, 2022

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Grant D. Crawford, Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.
March 3, 2022

While health officials have worked to reduce HIV transmission throughout the country, some areas of the U.S. are still impacted more than others.

In fact, Oklahoma was recently identified as one of seven states with the highest rural burden… Read more

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Community partnership leads to successful study on the effects of environmental toxicants in Yuma farmworkers

Posted by ld583 on February 16, 2022

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Exposure to environmental toxicants is a crucial health equity issue for the approximately 30,000 farmworkers from Yuma and nearby Mexico who work on farmland in the county, which totals around 230,000 acres.

To address this long term health concern for underserved farmworkers, leading community health experts from the Yuma… Read more

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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

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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

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CHER receives almost $1.4M grant to develop culturally centered graduate certificate for health professionals focusing on substance use disorders in underserved communities

Posted by ld583 on April 21, 2021

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received an almost $1.4 million grant to create a graduate certificate training program for practicing clinicians and doctoral students in health professions.

The certificate, called Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training or C-CART, will address substance use disorders, specifically in underserved American Indian, Hispanic, and rural populations.

The innovative graduate certification program, funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fills a critical… Read more

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NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations

Posted by ld583 on April 20, 2021

According to Samantha Sabo, getting the COVID-19 vaccine to people who need it most requires a team approach with key experts in rural… Read more

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