Funding Period: May 2024 – May 2025<\/p>\n
NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Maria Baldino, OTD, MS, OTR\/L, BCP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partners: <\/b>Valerie Pieraccini, MS, OTR, Vice President of Clinical Operations and Innovation, United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Lindsay Moore, PT, DPT, PCS, Physical Therapist, DMG Children\u2019s Rehabilitative Services<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: DMG Children\u2019s Rehabilitative Services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability and can be diagnosed within the first six months of a child’s life. However, many children are not diagnosed until they are between 12 and 24 months old, after the crucial period of development that occurs in the first six months. The partners will explore ways to bridge gaps between the best practices for early diagnosis and current practices used in Arizona to improve the quality of care for children with CP and their caregivers.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Tara Bautista, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Emma Torres, MSW, Executive Director and Founder, Campesinos Sin Fronteras<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Campesinos Sin Fronteras<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) is a farmworker advocacy group that employs community health workers (promotoras) who are trained and certified as train-the-trainer educators by the Arizona Department of Agriculture. This partnership will explore opportunities to develop culturally relevant stress-reduction programs for farmworkers that will complement the existing programming offered by CSF’s promotoras. The partners will spend time building trust, generating an understanding of community needs and desires, and identifying ways to tailor the program\/s to fit the needs of specific groups within the community.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Sheila Hammer, MSW, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Social Work<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Tanya “TJ” Riggs, BSHS, MAdm, Oncology Services Program Director, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) Specialty Care Center<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>There is a critical need to understand how cancer impacts the psychosocial well-being of American Indians. This partnership seeks to identify key psychosocial health needs of American Indian patients with cancer at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation\u2019s (TCRHCC) Specialty Care Center and explore how to address their unmet psychosocial needs through culturally adapted psychosocial support programs.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Naomi Lee, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Navaz Dolasa, MD, Pediatrician, Gila River Health Care<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Gila River Health Care<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>While there has been progress in the numbers of Native Americans receiving bachelor’s and graduate degrees, their representation is much lower than for other minorities, particularly in science and engineering fields. This team is building a partnership that will support an educational pathway for Gila River students between the Elev8 Initiative at Gila River Health Care and the Cultural and Academic Research Program (CARE) at NAU. The partners’ long-term goal is to train the next generation of biomedical and health professionals that will address Gila River health disparities by expanding the number of Gila River students in STEMM and health fields.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partners: <\/b>Ernesto Mireles, MSW, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies<\/span><\/p>\n Leah Mundell, MA, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sustainable Communities Program<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Roxana Cardiel, BA, MA Sustainable Communities (expected 2025), Community Organizer, Northern Arizona Interfaith Council\/Institutions for Community Leadership<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Northern Arizona Interfaith Council\/Institutions for Community Leadership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>Due to financial stress, fear of immigration enforcement, language barriers, challenges of technology access, and other hurdles, many immigrant and Latino families do not participate in community or civic organizations through which they can advocate for their health-related needs. This partnership will explore a long-term community organizing relationship between the Northern Arizona Institutions for Community Leadership and Ernesto Mireles’ wide range of organizing efforts to address health inequities facing immigrant and Chicano\/Latino families in the Flagstaff community.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Katie Mommaerts, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Stephanie Adams, Program Director, Flagstaff Youth Riders (FLYRS)<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Flagstaff Youth Riders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>Positive youth development is influenced by a wide range of factors that are shaped by the relationship between youth and the environments in which they grow up. FLYRS is a nonprofit mountain biking organization that promotes positive youth development through outdoor physical activity. This team\u2019s goal is to establish a formal collaboration as a foundation for future research examining the impact of mountain biking on the mental health and physical activity of youth.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partners: <\/b>Tristan Nighswander, MA, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting<\/span><\/p>\n Ibrahim Berrada, MA, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Sociology<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Catherine Williams, AA, Community Resource Liason, Working Alternatives<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: Working Alternatives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>Many individuals who are incarcerated experience immediate health challenges (elevated stress, anxiety, poor sleep, etc.) that can lead to chronic conditions. As such, the overrepresentation of Native Americans in the criminal justice system is a significant public health concern. Additionally, individuals with lower financial wealth are more likely to experience recidivism and reincarceration. This partnership aims to explore opportunities for improving an existing financial literacy course that is tailored to the needs of Native Americans who are in the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/p>\n NAU Lead Academic Partner: <\/b>Travis Pinn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n Community Partner: <\/b>Corey Ringenberg, MBA, CPM, Special Initiatives Director, Coconino County Manager’s Office <\/span>in association with the<\/span><\/i> Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)<\/span><\/p>\n Partner Website: <\/span>Criminal Justice Coordinating Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Goal of Partnership: <\/b>This partnership aims to address the health disparities faced by Indigenous peoples within the criminal justice system of Coconino County. Indigenous individuals make up a small fraction of the population, but are significantly overrepresented in the county’s criminal justice system. This overrepresentation reflects broader systemic issues, including historical trauma, socioeconomic disparities, and unconscious biases that may be made worse by a lack of robust and culturally competent health services within the justice system. Working with key stakeholders in the community, the team will collaboratively explore and address these disparities by promoting health equity, cultural humility, and community-driven solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n Back to Community-Campus Partnership Support main page<\/a><\/p>\n Community-Campus Partnership Support Round 10 Awardees \u2013 Spring 2024 Funding Period: May 2024 – May 2025 Using Community Networking Opportunities and Implementation Science to Increase Access to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy and Evidence Based Interventions for Arizona\u2019s Families NAU Lead Academic Partner: Maria Baldino, OTD, MS, OTR\/L, BCP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9671,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9651\/revisions\/9671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCollaboration with Promotoras to Develop Stress Reduction Practices for Farm Workers<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nHealth Equity within the Four Sacred Mountains of the Navajo: Joining academia and healthcare in addressing psychosocial oncology support<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nBuilding pathways for Gila River students in STEMM and health fields<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nExploring diverse organizing approaches to engage immigrant and Chicano families in Northern Arizona<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nAdvancing Health Equity Through Mountain Biking for Youth Development<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nImproving Health and Building Wealth through Financial Literacy<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
\nAddressing Health Equity Concerns for Indigenous People in Coconino County’s Criminal Justice System<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n
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