Nicolette Teufel-Shone
CHER associate director’s $4M C-NACHE project featured on PBS
Arizona PBS
March 20, 2023
New health center addresses disparities among Native Americans
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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Working together
Navajo community partners with MPH students on service-learning survey
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
KJZZ feature: Native Americans have higher cancer rates. Researchers are trying to figure out why
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
Navajo undergraduate students successful in educating community on COVID-19
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
Building a healthy Navajo Nation
Healthy Diné Nation Act proves tribal sovereign nations can drive their own health policy
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