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Samantha Sabo
CHER partners with ASU, UA, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association to form CEAL COVID Consortium
American Indian, Latino and Black communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the United States, and Arizona has been no exception.
In response to the disparate pandemic spread, researchers from Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic and the Arizona Community Health Worker Association… Read more
Community Health Representatives, who provide critical health care, need more support according to reports
According to Samantha Sabo, Community Health Representatives (CHRs), tribal-based community health workers, are unique and valued members of the healthcare system serving American Indian communities.
Sabo, an associate professor for Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research and for the Department of Health Sciences, said CHRs play a critical role… Read more
CHER receives $1.2 million for health equity COVID-19 research
Researchers in Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently received four grants totaling more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NAU Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of CHER and the principal investigator for three of these projects explained that… Read more
NAU professor tracks the treatment of unaccompanied minors fleeing to the US
In 2019, US Customs and Border Protection apprehended 73,235 unaccompanied minors attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. While their path was fraught with danger last year, their journey has become even more dangerous in a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has reached global proportions.
Samantha… Read more
CHER offers Community Health Workforce Assessment webinar
About 40 community health workers and university faculty members from around the state attended a recent Community Health Workforce Assessment Webinar online on June 24.
The event was sponsored by the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care (AACIHC), the Northern Arizona University Center for Health Equity Research and the Arizona Community Health Representative (CHR) Workforce Coalition.
Speakers included Kim Russell, executive… Read more