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
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
For new faculty members at Northern Arizona University, finding a developed mentorship support team to assist them in their first few years can make all the difference in establishing a successful career, creating effective research and giving back as a mentor to new faculty and students in the future.
To mentor early-stage NAU investigators,… Read more
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.
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).
Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more
Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas—start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets.
Researchers from Diné College and Northern Arizona University explored… Read more
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