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:
CHER/SHERC newsletter July 2021
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Funding faculty equipment purchases is a little-known but important SHERC mission
For many Northern Arizona University researchers, the one thing that prevents them from completing groundbreaking research is the cost of equipment or programs needed to capture their data.
For the past five years, NAU’s Southwest Health Equity… Read more
Teufel-Shone collaborates with 18 research centers in US minority institutions to develop community engagement models
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Center for Health Equity Research and co-lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, recently collaborated with researchers from 18 of the 25 Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) in the US to publish Community Engagement Practices at Research Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative… Read more
NAU researchers release resource guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
Each year in Arizona, family members spend about 357 million unpaid hours caring for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Before now, each caregiver in rural northern Arizona had to scramble and search for relevant resources for their loved one, often overlooking their own support and… Read more
Fairness First highlights Peter Friederici and NAU’s Sustainable Communities
Northern Arizona University’s Department of Sustainable Communities has been inspiring and training students to make a difference in Flagstaff and throughout Arizona in sustainability, civic engagement, interdisciplinary research and social justice work for more than 20 years.
Peter Friederici, director of Sustainable Communities… Read more
April 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
Learn more about CHER’s new culturally centered graduate certificate for health professionals and other stories from our center in the April 2021 newsletter:
