David “Kofi” Mensah, a student in Northern Arizona University’s interdisciplinary health doctoral program and… Read more
Julie Baldwin
Adolescent Health workshop focuses on best practices to support youth
The Center for Health Equity Research held a hybrid Adolescent Health workshop on May 12 at the North Country Conference Center in Flagstaff with about half the attendees participating online. Speakers included Amanda Pollitt, PhD, and Linnea Evans, PhD, assistant professors with the Department of Health Sciences and the Center for Health Equity… Read more
Student Spotlight: Shaylynne Shuler
Having grown up in a highly religious and conservative area, Shaylynne Shuler witnessed LGBTQ people around her struggling… Read more
C-CART scholars, faculty and community partners meet for first conference
Scholars, faculty and community partners in the Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training attended their first C-CART Conference on April 1 and 2. The event was held at NAU’s Native American Cultural Center on the first day. Following are a few photos from the event. (Click on photo to enlarge)
SHERC e-HERO project featured in Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.
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
Community partnership leads to successful study on the effects of environmental toxicants in Yuma farmworkers
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