{"id":2771,"date":"2020-11-04T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/center-health-equity-research\/?page_id=2771"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:47:48","slug":"community-engagement-alliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/center-community-health-engaged-research\/community-engagement-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities (CEAL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" 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class=\"entry-title text-left \">Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities (CEAL)<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 id=\"mission\">AZ CEAL&#8217;s mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities works closely with the communities hit hardest by COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arizona CEAL Consortium is a collaboration of Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic, and the Arizona Community Health Worker Collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with members and leaders of African American, Latino\/a\/x and American Indian communities, we aim to: provide trustworthy information through active community engagement and outreach to the people hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of building long-lasting partnerships as well as improving diversity and inclusion in our research response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with members and leaders of African American, Latino\/a\/x and American Indian communities, we aim to: provide trustworthy information through active community engagement and outreach to the people hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of building long-lasting partnerships in our research response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight-xxx-light \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>NAU CEAL partners with AzCHOW <\/h3>                <ul>\n<li>Strengthen the Community Health Worker workforce response to COVID-19 prevention vaccine efforts through capacity building and statewide training<\/li>\n<li>Build vaccine confidence through social media campaigns among diverse, rural youth aged 16-25, and college enrolled students of northern Arizona<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"team\">Meet the team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Samantha Sabo, <\/strong>DrPH, MPH associate professor of health sciences and CHER senior researcher serves as a Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) for the Arizona CEAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>NAU co-investigators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Regents&#8217; Professor Julie Baldwin<\/strong>, CHER executive director<\/li><li><strong>Nicolette Teufel-Shone<\/strong>, CHER associate director<\/li><li><strong>Naomi Lee<\/strong>, assistant professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/li><li><strong>Amanda Pollitt<\/strong>, assistant professor, Health Sciences and CHER<\/li><li><strong>Joseph Mihaljevic<\/strong>, assistant professor, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems<\/li><li><strong>Dulce Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>, CHER research coordinator, Sr.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"projects\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-true-blue \">\n            <figure>\n            <picture>\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/untitled-9891-1200x900.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/untitled-9891-1200x900.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/untitled-9891-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A CHR works on paperwork.\"  \/>            <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Projects<\/h3>                <p>Community health workers (CHWs) \u2014 also referred to as community health representatives (CHRs) and promotores \u2014 are \u201cfrontline public health workers who are trusted members of the communities they serve,\u201d according to the American Public Health Association. As such, they have a unique understanding of their community\u2019s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-gold  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--0\"\n                            id=\"panel--0\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">AzCHOW partnership<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Through CEAL, NAU researchers partnered with the Arizona Community Health Workers Association (AzCHOW) to develop and disseminate accurate, up-to-date COVID-19 information for community health workers to give to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about what local communities are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic and their opinions and beliefs, we conducted focus groups with CHWs\/CHRs Promotores. Their ideas and opinions are used to develop and adapt COVID-19 educational materials and health education messages. CHWs and CHRs then use the materials to serve their clients for COVID-19 prevention, including COVID-19 vaccine education, and COVID-19 research.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-sunset  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--1\"\n                            id=\"panel--1\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">It&#8217;s Our Turn youth contest<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>CEAL\u2019s It\u2019s Our Turn contest invited youth and young adults between ages of 14 to 25 to share their creative take on a health message about COVID-19 vaccination, wearing a mask, or another pandemic-related health effect on youth. There were 12 winners selected by Arizona community members \u2014 each winning a $250 gift card.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"videos\">Training videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@azchowtrainingcenter2075\" target=\"_blank\">AzCHOW Training Center training and education videos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"reports\">CEAL Against COVID-19 Disparities reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/CEAL-Focus-Group-Results-Hispanic-Latinx-CHR-Research.pdf\">Focus Group Results: Hispanic\/LatinX Community Health Workers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/CEAL-Focus-Group-Results-American-Indian-Community-Health-Representatives.pdf\">Focus Group Results: American Indian Community Health Representatives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/234\/CEAL-Conversations-with-Community-Health-Workers-Research-Brief.pdf\">Conversations with Community Health Workers Research Brief<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"news\">In the news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-0ccf4885-a400-4ead-80f1-9148c38de0d8\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/center-community-health-engaged-research\/blog\/its-our-turn-i-got-the-shot-campaigns\/\">Calling youth: \u2018It\u2019s Our Turn\u2019 contest, \u2018I Got the Shot\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/center-community-health-engaged-research\/blog\/nau-researchers-expand-covid-education\/\">NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uNL5NfqOLu0\" target=\"_blank\">Processing COVID-19 through art<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"resources\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight-xxx-light  hasLink\">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>National Institutes of Health (NIH) resources<\/h3>                <p>The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities works closely with the communities hit hardest by COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Today, there are CEAL teams across 21 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 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