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Center For Participatory Research Leads National Efforts In Community-Based Research, Dustin Roberto
Center For Participatory Research Leads National Efforts In Community-Based Research, Dustin Roberto
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Nina Wallerstein, DrPH, is a Distinguished Professor of Public Health and director of the Center for Participatory Research at the University of New Mexico. She has spent more than four decades shifting health research toward community-based participatory research (CBPR). Her work emphasizes partnerships in which communities guide research priorities and retain ownership of findings.The center's work spans Indigenous health, including culturally centered family programs, CBPR, youth participatory action research and co-learning initiatives.
Coph Professors Advocate For First-Gen Students, Dustin Roberto
Coph Professors Advocate For First-Gen Students, Dustin Roberto
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More than half of U.S. undergraduates are first-generation college students. University of New Mexico College of Population Health professors Claudia Pratesi, PhD, and Tammy Thomas, PhD, held focus groups to learn about first-generation students' experiences. Many students in the groups balance school with caring for family and find systems like financial aid difficult to navigate. The professors are developing recommendations, including peer mentoring and connections to scholarships, and will share findings with university leadership.
Ob Deserts Remain Public Health Concern For New Mexico, Dustin Roberto
Ob Deserts Remain Public Health Concern For New Mexico, Dustin Roberto
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As of 2022, one in three New Mexico counties were "OB deserts," places where pregnancy and childbirth care is limited. Distance, hospital closures, and staff shortages make care especially hard to reach for rural, low-income, and Indigenous communities. To help, the University of New Mexico offers a minor and certificate in maternal and child health leadership.