Fairness First Campaign

The Fairness First Campaign supports inclusive and meaningful conversations about health equity, fairness, and justice.

What is health equity?

Every person deserves to have a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, no matter their background. This is health equity. Each community’s path to achieving health equity and fairness is unique, but it is health equity researchers, professionals, and community members that focus on the systemic, structural, and historical factors that influence health and impact us all.

What is the Fairness First Campaign?

The Fairness First Campaign is a platform for sharing health equity research and information with diverse audiences. Health equity research goes beyond the individual researcher and includes the voices and perspectives of community members and leaders, students, and other stakeholders. Grounding health equity research in the realities of communities affected by inequity is crucial, especially as these communities are frequently taking action to champion health equity. Communicating health research with and back to communities is an important aspect of creating a more equitable research process.

Focusing on the Southwest, the Fairness First Campaign shares stories of health equity partnerships and research from community members, students, and researchers. We make health equity research and discussions relevant and accessible to all through in-person, virtual, and written formats.

Who is the Fairness First Campaign for?

Everyone! We have designed Fairness First Campaign activities to be relevant and understandable by anyone who wants to learn about health equity and the impacts of research in Southwestern communities.

We welcome you to become a part of our Fairness First Campaign, connect with others, and help shape how NAU and communities work together to advance health equity for all in the Southwest.

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Fairness FirstX (FFX) Talks
Health Justice Futures

Fairness First Podcast
Fairness First Blog

The Fairness First Campaign is an initiative of the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) at Northern Arizona University. SHERC is a grant-funded initiative of the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University. We are supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54MD012388.