A5055602480- Community Health and Development
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Youth Development and Social Support
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Health Workforce Issues
Northern Arizona University
2018-2024
University of Arizona
2006-2021
University of Arizona Cancer Center
2021
Health Promotion Services
2001-2020
Box (United States)
2015
Michigan State University
2009
Community partnerships or networks of collaborating public and nonprofit organizations are an important way addressing a wide range problems needs that communities face. In the academic literature, network analysis has been used to analyze understand structure relationships make up multiorganizational partnerships. But this tool is not well‐known outside small group researchers who study networks, it seldom as method assisting communities. This article briefly discusses how community leaders...
This article presents the findings of a study examining evolution network health and human service organizations operating in rural community on Southwest border. The aim networkwas to build capacity provide chronic disease education, prevention, treatment services by developing collaborative relationships among broad range organizations. impetus for effort was based receipt Turning Point grant. findings, two waves data collected 1 year apart, demonstrate how structure attitudes toward...
The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions health and the social determinants (SDH) for US communities limits available information nations as they set policy allocate resources to improve their citizens. In 2015, eight scholars from tribal mainstream educational institutions convened examine: limitations applying World Health Organization’s (WHO) SDH framework in communities; Indigenizing WHO framework; a healthy community. Participants critiqued assumptions within that did not cohere...
Service learning (SL) is a form of community-centered experiential education that places emerging health professionals in community-generated service projects and provides structured opportunities for reflection on the broader social, economic, political contexts health. We describe elements impact five distinct week-long intensive SL courses focused context urban, rural, border, indigenous contexts. Students involved these demonstrated commitment to community-engaged scholarship practice...
Using a community-based participatory research approach, tribe-university team conducted formative assessment of local factors that influence youth wellness to guide the design culturally and locally relevant health promotion program.Open-ended interviews with key informants, school self-assessment using Centers for Disease Control's School Health Index, generated environmental inventory provided data were triangulated yield composite influential perceived need within community.Family...
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the risk and protective factors for delinquent behaviors among American Indian youth in three distinct tribal communities. Focus group discussions were used gather data from elders, parents, workers, each community. Findings showed that key source increasing protection is family. In particular presence a parent having available discussing problems. Participants also revealed how many parents lack knowledge confidence discipline their children....
A network analysis was conducted in spring 2000 by the Southwest Center for Health Promotion U.S. Mexico border community of Douglas, Arizona. The purpose to assess level collaboration among 23 public and not-for-profit agencies that provided health human services a broad range chronic disease prevention, screening, treatment services. Data were also collected on levels trust anticipated outcomes (benefits draw-backs) collaboration. article presents findings analysis, focusing its usefulness...
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) suffer a disproportionate burden of diabetes. Identifying food choices AI/ANs at risk type 2 diabetes, living in both rural urban settings, is critical to the development culturally relevant, evidence-based education strategies designed reduce morbidity mortality this population.At baseline, 3135 AI/AN adults participating Special Diabetes Program for Prevention Demonstration Project (SDPI-DP) completed socio-demographic survey 27-item frequency...
Marginalized communities have a documented distrust of research grounded in negative portrayals the academic literature. Yet, trusted partnerships, foundation for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), require time to build capacity joint decision-making, equitable involvement academically trained and community investigators, co-learning. Trust can be difficult develop within short between funding opportunity announcement application submission. Resources support community-...
Background: Community advisory boards (CABs) are a common community engagement strategy. Tools for developing CABs that accessible to academic–community partnerships limited. This article describes the process and partnership with Hopi Tribe develop CAB guidelines as tool research funded by Center Indigenous Environmental Health Research (CIEHR) nonaffiliated projects.
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been documented as an effective approach to with underserved communities, particularly racial and ethnic minority groups. However, much of the literature promoting use CBPR communities is written from perspective researchers not community partner. The purpose this article capture lessons learned partners’ insight gained through their experiences CBPR. A multi-investigator consensus method was used qualitatively code transcripts a...
In the United States, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among indigenous people. Community-based participatory research offers American Indian communities and university partners an opportunity to integrate skills in community action systematic inquiry develop locally acceptable primary prevention interventions combat risk factors. The Hualapai Tribe University of Arizona designed, implemented, assessed a school-based physical activity intervention reduce factors youth.During...
Public health practice increasingly is concerned with the capacity and performance of communities to identify, implement, strengthen, sustain collective efforts improve health. The authors developed ways assist local Turning Point partnerships their community public system as a secondary outcome work on expressed needs community. Using focus groups, meeting minutes, attendance records, observation, fed information back systems change. A improvement plan supportive partnerships' specific...