Nicolette Teufel-Shone

Building a healthy Navajo Nation

Posted by ld583 on January 20, 2023

Healthy Diné Nation Act proves tribal sovereign nations can drive their own health policy

In an unprecedented move eight years ago, the Navajo Nation created the first-ever tax in the U.S. that supports health promotion and disease prevention through a law that collects a 2 percent tax on foods with little to no nutritional value and removes the 5 percent tax on fruits, vegetables and water.

Funding from the tax,… Read more

Collaboration and clear communication can improve health equity, researchers find

Posted by ld583 on July 13, 2022

Health Disparities

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.

Social Determinants of Health

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).

Health Equity

Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more

Expanding Native Spirit

Posted by ld583 on July 11, 2022

Amanda Hunter is the first NAU postdoc to receive an NIH Pathway to Independence Award

For Amanda Hunter, an Indigenous scholar from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, empowering American Indian teens to embrace their cultural values and practices has been her mission as a graduate student and now as… Read more

Developing future Diné public health leaders starts with early, culturally significant exposure

Posted by ld583 on April 11, 2022

Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas––start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets.

Researchers from Diné College and Northern Arizona University explored these findings and other lessons in their recently released publication, “Engaging Native American High School Students in Public Health Career Preparation Through the Indigenous Summer… Read more

NIMHD news features SHERC’s Fairness First Campaign

Posted by ld583 on December 30, 2021

Northern Arizona University’s Fairness First Campaign: Promoting Community Health Equity

Bringing community organizations and researchers together through discussions, experiential learning, and social mixers

December 30, 2021

Carmenlita Chief, M.P.H., and Alexandra Samarron Longorio, RDN, have devoted their careers to ensuring that every person, especially those from the most underrepresented and… Read more

Amanda Hunter: Investing in Indigenous Youth through Native Spirit

Posted by ld583 on November 22, 2021

Amanda Hunter’s commitment to Indigenous health equity, specifically for youth and young adults, is shaping her prolific work as the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) postdoctoral scholar.

Her interest in developing Indigenous health equity started almost 10 years ago. After earning her bachelor’s degree in physiology, Amanda Urbina, now Hunter,… Read more

Nicolette Teufel-Shone

Building a healthy Navajo Nation

Healthy Diné Nation Act proves tribal sovereign nations can drive their own health policy