Representatives from six Latin American countries met with more than 30 people from Northern Arizona University on Dec. 5 for a daylong event at the university to examine human rights issues and challenges they are facing in their countries.
The NAU discussion, which was sponsored by the Center… Read more
Community health workers (CHWs), community health representatives (CHR) and promotores de salud are the pulse of the people—they are the trusted link between community members and health and social systems.
This workforce—estimated at more than 2,000 workers—operates across Arizona, in health and social services,… 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
On May 16, through a community health workshop, more than… Read more
For Keri Morrill, working as a community health worker (CHW) at North Country HealthCare for the Arizona Health Start Program in Flagstaff for the past 11 years has been much more than a standard, 40-hour-a-week job.
Her work brings her into her clients’ lives, where she does home… Read more
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