From its beginnings in 2016, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) has been working with community partners on long-term health equity projects that improve health and wellbeing of American Indian communities of the U.S. Southwest, Southeast and Great Plains. During National American Indian Heritage Month, we highlight a few… Read more
The way Samantha Sabo, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., sees it, community health workers in Arizona and community health representatives in tribal communities move mountains. Throughout the pandemic, they helped thousands of residents, including many American Indian community members, access health resources… Read more
Samantha Sabo, community engagement core lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative and associate professor for Health Sciences and the Center for Health Equity Research, was appointed president of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Association of Community Health Workers (AzCHOW). Established in 2001, AzCHOW is a statewide… Read more
Learn more about Community health workers’ positive impact on the Arizona Health Start program and other stories from our center in the July 2021 newsletter:
July 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
Community health workers (CHWs) — also referred to as community health representatives and promotoras de salud — are frontline public health workers who are trusted and welcomed into the homes of their communities.
A team from Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Arizona… Read more
Through a comprehensive study of the last 10 years, researchers from Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona found that pregnant women and mothers enrolled in Arizona’s Health Start Program, which employs community health workers (CHWs) to conduct home visits, have lower rates of low birthweight and preterm newborns than women who did… Read more