Category: News

7-Part COVID-19 vaccines video series offers community health workers needed training

ld583 | October 18, 2021

Community health workers (CHWs)—also known as community health representatives (CHRs) and promotoras—know their community best. Unlike most other healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, CHWs have delivered essential support to their clients, often in their clients’ homes… Read more

3 NAU junior investigators earn grants in the Pilot Project Program’s 5th funding year

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The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded three NAU researchers grants totaling $150,000 for health equity research in the local community through the Pilot Project Program (PPP)… Read more

Fairness First Campaign: Bringing community organizations and researchers together through discussions, experiential learning and social mixers

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Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron Longorio have devoted their careers to ensuring that every person, especially the most underrepresented and underserved, has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible… Read more

Healthy Navajo K’é podcast brings maternal and child health talks to the Navajo Nation

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Creating an effective maternal and child health (MCH) podcast on the Navajo Nation requires more than just important health information—it involves having compelling hosts, effective guests, excellent editing and a style to which the audience can relate… Read more

Fairness First releases its first blog: Catrin Edgeley, Wildfires and health equity

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Q. Can you tell us more about the research you do around wildfire and social science… Read more

Sabo named president of AzCHOW Board

ld583 | September 22, 2021

Samantha Sabo, community engagement core lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative and associate professor for Health Sciences and the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research, was appointed president of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Association of Community Health Workers (AzCHOW)… Read more

Camplain receives NIH Career Development Award

ld583 | September 15, 2021

Ricky Camplain, an assistant professor in Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) and the Department of Health Sciences, was recently awarded a Career Development (K01) Award through the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Institutes of Health… Read more

CCPS opens applications for 7th round of funding

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The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the seventh round of its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) applications… Read more

Evans chosen for NIMHD Loan Repayment program

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In August, Linnea Evans received an award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program for her project “Changes in the Daily Lives and Wellbeing of Racial/Ethnic Minoritized Adolescents during COVID-19 and Racial Unrest.”… Read more

Calling youth: ‘It’s Our Turn’ Contest, ‘I Got the Shot’

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With their passion and creativity, many individuals have found ways to add their unique spin on public service messages, especially regarding COVID-19 mask wearing, vaccination brochures or videos. The Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities hopes to inspire youth and young adults from Arizona communities to showcase their artistic talents through the new “It’s Our Turn” contest and the “I Got the Shot” campaign… Read more