Category: News

Supporting community health workers (CHWs) with resources and training

ld583 | March 8, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of community health workers (CHWs)—including Hispanic/Latinx promotores de salud and Indigenous community health representatives (CHRs)—in getting valuable and trusted scientific information to community members, preventing COVID-19 spread, and linking individuals to essential health and social services and resources… Read more

Community partner highlight: the Crow Tribe

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In a collaborative study with the Crow Tribe in Montana, researchers from the Northern Arizona University Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative hope to improve the early detection of dementia in American Indians and Alaska Natives, an important step toward enhancing preventive care in this vulnerable population… Read more

ABRC workshop examines health messaging and COVID-19 with top T-Gen leader, ASU journalists, Navajo Nation past president

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Through a one-day, in-person seminar, Arizona’s top journalists, health science professors, a T-Gen scientist, the Navajo Nation president and an Arizona congress member will examine how health messaging from the media and others influenced the COVID-19 pandemic response in the areas of public health, genomic science, policy and media… Read more

Working together

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How can you build a stronger Navajo Nation chapter post-pandemic… Read more

People sitting in chairs at Forest Lake chapter house.

CDC Awards $6 million to Arizona Tribal Community Health Representative Program

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Student Spotlight: Melinda Smith

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When Melinda Smith was in grade school, she found a supportive mentor in her great-aunt Willie—a retired high school teacher of 25+ years in the Arlee Public School system in Montana—whose example of strength and wisdom changed the trajectory of the young girl’s life… Read more

C-CART scholar Sheena Greenstone featured in AZ Central

ld583 | February 25, 2023

KJZZ feature: Native Americans have higher cancer rates. Researchers are trying to figure out why

ld583 | February 3, 2023

The impacts of structural racism has led to many inequities for Native Americans, from poverty to education to health disparities — including cancer rates… Read more

Graduate students January 2023

ld583 | January 12, 2023

CHER welcomes our newest students Corey Hemstreet and Jennifer Etcitty. Hemstreet is in the online Master of Public Health–Health Promotion program and Etcitty is in the Master of Public Health–Indigenous Health program. They are both working with Amanda Hunter, CHER postdoctoral scholar… Read more