Arizona PBS
March 20, 2023
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director for the Center for Health Equity Research, was featured on Arizona PBS to discuss the $4 million Center for Native American Health Equity (C-NACHE) newly funded through the American Cancer Society.
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How can you build a stronger Navajo Nation chapter post-pandemic?
Improving the Navajo Nation Forest Lake Chapter’s healthy living infrastructure has been a top priority in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic for chapter house leaders.
For Mae-Gilene Begay, president of Navajo Nation Forest Lake Chapter governance in Pinon,… Read more
By Lauren Gilger
Jan. 31, 2023
The impacts of structural racism has led to many inequities for Native Americans, from poverty to education to health disparities — including cancer rates.
This group has higher rates of cancer, including lung, colorectal, liver, stomach and kidney… Read more
A group of researchers from Northern Arizona University and Diné College found that employing public health students to deliver COVID-19 information to their own community is an effective way to address residents’ vaccine concerns and hesitancy.
The community-based research study on the Navajo Nation, called the Diné (Navajo) Teachings and Public Health Students Informing… Read more
In an unprecedented move eight years ago, the Navajo Nation created the first-ever tax in the U.S. that supports health promotion and disease prevention through a law that collects a 2 percent tax on foods with little to no… Read more
Improving cancer screening rates among Native Americans, increasing education about tribe-specific cancer trends, and addressing disproportionately high exposure to carcinogenic environmental contaminants are just a few aims of the newly funded Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity (C-NACHE).
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Center for… Read more