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). Established in 2001, AzCHOW is… Read more
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September 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
Learn more about the “It’s Our Turn” COVID-19 youth and young adult art contest and the I Got the Shot” campaign that was featured in our most September 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
Health Justice Futures holds first spotlight series on Sept. 29
Join Health Justice Futures in an online conversation on Sept. 29 at 5:30 p.m., MST, with Indigenous visual artists, Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty, who will discuss the beauty of art in mobilizing Indigenous communities, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of Indigenous sovereignty, gender, housing and… Read more
CCPS opens applications for 7th round of funding
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the seventh round of its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) applications.
CCPS funding is dedicated to developing relationships between NAU faculty, from all disciplines that can contribute to health equity, and their community partners.
Applications are due by October 15 at 5 p.m. Since July 2018, CCPS has funded 16 partnerships through bi-annual competitive… Read more
Newsletter COVID-19 connections
Health inequities in a time of COVID-19
According to a study by the Pew Research Center, about half of lower-income Americans report household job or wage loss due to COVID-19. Many partner organizations of the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) are feeling the pandemic.
Heather Williamson, assistant professor for CHER and the Department of Occupational Therapy, said that people living with disabilities face many challenges associated with COVID-19.
“Students with disabilities and their families are facing challenges… Read more
Health Justice Futures holds first spotlight series on Sept. 29
Join Health Justice Futures in a online conversation with indigenous visual artists, Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty, who will discuss the beauty of art in mobilizing indigenous communities, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of indigenous sovereignty, gender, housing and settler colonialism.
This event is part of bi-monthly virtual evening art & lit mixers. This series seeks to elevate community-grounded conversations on the various factors that influence health justice and fairness for communities in… Read more
July 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
Learn more about Community health workers’ positive impact on the Arizona Health Start program and other stories from our center in the July 2021 newsletter:
CHER/SHERC newsletter July 2021
Funding faculty equipment purchases is a little-known but important SHERC mission
For many Northern Arizona University researchers, the one thing that prevents them from completing groundbreaking research is the cost of equipment or programs needed to capture their data.
For the past five years, NAU’s Southwest Health Equity… Read more
Teufel-Shone collaborates with 18 research centers in US minority institutions to develop community engagement models
Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research and co-lead for the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, recently collaborated with researchers from 18 of the 25 Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) in the US to publish Community Engagement Practices at Research Institutions: Priority Populations… Read more
NAU researchers release resource guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
Each year in Arizona, family members spend about 357 million unpaid hours caring for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Before now, each caregiver in rural northern Arizona had to scramble and search for relevant resources for their loved one, often overlooking their own support and… Read more