In the latest Fairness First “Health Equity Voices” podcast, Deborah Harris told host Alexandra Samarron Longorio that a friend had given her a pendant engraved with, “For such a time as this.”
That inscription aptly defines the community advocate’s work promoting equity and inclusion for all in Flagstaff, especially for those who are underrepresented, through her work as executive… Read more
One of the keys to successful research is having an opportunity to present your work at conferences and other important meetings to disseminate your results.
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Community-Campus Dissemination Support funded six Northern Arizona University researchers with up to $2,000 each to travel to a conference or meeting to present the outcomes from their SHERC-funded… Read more
*Dos Santos uses the pronouns they/them/their
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The Center for Community Health and Engaged Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative welcome new and current students to the fall 2022 semester. Read below for more information on them and find out what motivated them to want to earn a degree in public health.
Adriana Aboagye
Hometown: Assin Foso, Ghana
Program: Master of Public Health
Graduation… Read more
Getting children to brush their teeth daily—let alone… Read more
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.
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (e.g., air quality, schools, parks, jobs, housing conditions, etc.).
Health equity is when every person has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible and no one is… Read more
Regents’ Professor Julie Baldwin, director of the Northern Arizona University Center for Community Health and Engaged Research, was elected in June to serve on the board… Read more
Have you ever read a news story that you knew, as a researcher, contained inaccurate information?… Read more