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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

Moving research news beyond academia

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Lisa Hardy smiles as she stands in front of a red building. She is wearing a black blouse and has auburn hair and blue eyes.
Lisa J. Hardy, Ph.D., has one of the Research Infrastructure Core pre-recorded workshops now available.

Hardy’s workshop shows researchers how to get their work published in mainstream media

Have you ever read a news story that you knew, as a researcher, contained inaccurate information?… Read more

Samarron featured in NAU Review

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MPH graduate ‘a transformative public health leader’ in focus on Latina immigrant health

 

Alexandra Samarron Longorio sits at her desk in the ARD building of Northern Arizona University. She has long, dark, curly hair, is smiling, and is wearing a green velvet short-sleeved shirt.
Alexandra Samarron Longorio, MPH

May 2, 2022

When Alexandra Samarron Longorio was in her early 20s, as a former undocumented student, she saw that attending college… Read more

Expanding Native Spirit

Posted by ld583 on July 11, 2022

Amanda Hunter points at a screen as she explains work to a colleague.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

North Country HealthCare serves underrepresented people throughout COVID-19 and beyond

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When COVID-19 first began spreading in Arizona communities, North Country HealthCare (NCHC) was ready.

The healthcare center was one of the stellar organizations that quickly responded to the crisis and assisted in guiding people to health and safety, and they have continued their much-needed care throughout the long pandemic.

“NCHC is an extremely valuable health resource in northern Arizona, providing accessible and culturally competent care to diverse communities… Read more

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

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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

SHERC e-HERO project featured in Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

Posted by ld583 on March 8, 2022

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Grant D. Crawford, Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.
March 3, 2022

While health officials have worked to reduce HIV transmission throughout the country, some areas of the U.S. are still impacted more than… Read more

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