{"id":2,"date":"2023-05-11T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:56:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\">Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity<\/h2>\n<p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact C-NACHE<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:cnache@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact C-NACHE: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">cnache&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/c-nache-blog\/mailing-list-newsletter\/\">Join Our Mailing List<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><strong>Learn more about our NASWAC virtual mentorship program here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/naswac\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1527 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-300x300.png\" alt=\"Native American Student Webinar Advisory Coalition Virtual Mentorship Program. Apply Today!\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2026\/02\/naswac-ad-png.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><strong>Visit our C-NACHE Blog here!<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/c-nache-blog\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-191 \" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"Copper and turquoise Native American basket with star in the center and right angle designs surrounding it\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/11\/Turq-basket-transparent-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-6383453_147=\"11928\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-6383453_147=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-6383453_147=\"1\">Understanding the factors that drive cancer inequities for Native Americans in Arizona<\/h3>\n<p>Structural racism\u2014discrimination and marginalization experienced by Native Americans as an ethnic group\u2013is an upstream factor that underlies cancer risk.<\/p>\n<p>Improving cancer screening rates among Native Americans, increasing education about tribe-specific cancer trends, and addressing disproportionately high exposure to carcinogenic environmental contaminants are just a few aims of the\u00a0Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity\u00a0(C-NACHE).<\/p>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-dark-blue\">\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h3>C-NACHE goals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborate with tribal communities to develop a community advisory board to address cancer prevalence trends.<\/li>\n<li>Create an Arizona Intertribal Cancer Prevention Forum.<\/li>\n<li>Build and maintain an Arizona Intertribal cancer website and newsletter to inform Native Nations leaders and other collaborators of determinants influencing cancer risks and to educate communities, organizations and Native Nations about ways to reduce cancer risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eplus-image-tiles-row not-in-view\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/projects\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/05\/PNACP_018-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><span class=\"eplus-image-tiles-link shortcode-button\">Projects<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/publications\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-landscape-image wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/20190211_Jordan_Ojeda_6654-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/20190211_Jordan_Ojeda_6654-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/20190211_Jordan_Ojeda_6654-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/20190211_Jordan_Ojeda_6654-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><br class=\"editor-only\" \/><span class=\"eplus-image-tiles-link shortcode-button\">Publications<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div><div class=\"eplus-image-tiles-row not-in-view\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/native-american-cancer-health-equity\/team\/\" class=\"eplus-image-tiles-col\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-landscape-image wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/6382_nicky_teufel_20180112-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2023\/10\/6382_nicky_teufel_20180112-464x348.jpg 464w, 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