How comfortable do you think that senior management at your organization feels talking about discrimination, race and racism?
This is one of the questions included in the Regional Health Equity Survey (RHES) that addressed the social, environmental and economic conditions that impact the health and well-being of communities in Northern Arizona––the topic for
Read the latest on CHER/SHERC projects in our November 2020 newsletter.
November is Native American Heritage month, which honors Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian people. For NAU events celebrating Native American Heritage Month, please visit NAU News Happenings.
For other events, please view the following flyers from Northern Arizona University’s Office of Native American and… Read more
Researchers from Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) team recently won the 2020 Rural and Environmental Research Award for the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Aging & Public Health Section for their work with family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
SHERC is a grant-funded initiative of the Center for… Read more
Learn more about CHER and SHERC’s $1.2 million in COVID-19 grants in our latest newsletter:
Northern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded Pilot Project Program research grants through its Pilot Project Program totaling $240,000 to four NAU faculty investigators conducting health equity… Read more
NAU News Feature
August 31, 2020
Nationally, rates of early childhood caries, or tooth decay, among Hispanic, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander children are almost double those of white children, making it the most prevalent chronic disease among these populations—occurring five times as frequently as asthma.
Researchers at Northern Arizona University… Read more
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) Pilot Project Program (PPP) recently opened the call for pilot proposals for fiscal year 2022.
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the Information Sessions scheduled on September 1, 2–3 p.m., or September 4, 11 a.m.–noon.
For Zoom link to one of the sessions, contact Christine.Smith@nau.edu. For complete details about SHERC’s Pilot Project Program and application process, please visit the PPP website.
Learn more about CHER and SHERC’s response to COVID-19 in our latest newsletter:
Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) of the Southwest Heath Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) recently restructured and created a technical assistance group focused in four areas:
RIC core faculty and staff have a broad range… Read more