Readings and Source Recommendations
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Arizona Department of Health Services. (2025). AZDHS | Office of Health Equity. Arizona Department of Health Services. https://www.azdhs.gov/policy-intergovernmental-affairs/health-equity/index.php#azsvi
ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. (2025). Arizona Healthy Community Map | School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Asu.edu. https://sgsup.asu.edu/sparc/azhealthmap
Center for Disease Control. (2024, May 14). 10 Essential Public Health Services. Public Health Professionals Gateway. https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/about/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/publichealthservices/essentialhealthservices.html
Gallaway, M. S., Aseret-Manygoats, T., & Tormala, W. (2021). Disparities of Access, Use, and Barriers to Seeking Health Care Services in Arizona. Medical Care, 60(2), 113–118. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8974357/pdf/nihms-1791768.pdf
Alison Cook-Sather
Cook-Sather, A. (2022). Co-creating equitable teaching and learning: Structuring student voice into higher education. Harvard Education Press.
Cook-Sather, A. (2024). The co-created annotated bibliography assignment as an equitable and inclusive practice. The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching, 8(2).
Cook-Sather, A., & Kaur, A. (2022). Embracing epistemic confidence, open-mindedness, and co-creation: An exploration of how the psychological constructs of attitudes and intentions can inform staff contributions to successful student-staff partnership. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 8(2). Retrieved from https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/1119
Cook-Sather, A., Salmeron, D., & Smith, T. (2023). Centering Humanism in STEM Education through Student-Faculty Pedagogical Partnerships. Frontiers in Education, 8.
Cook-Sather, Alison, Melanie Bahti, and Anita Ntem. 2019. Pedagogical Partnerships: A How-To Guide for Faculty, Students, and Academic Developers in Higher Education. Elon, NC: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning. https://doi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa1.
Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P., Stewart, K., & Weston, H. (2024). Reviving the Construct of “Mattering” in Pursuit of Equity and Justice in Higher Education: Illustrations from Mentoring and Partnership Programs. In E. Rueda and C. Lowe-Swift (eds), Academic Belonging in Higher Education: Fostering Student Connection, Competence, and Confidence. Routledge.
Why “Mattering” Matters: What Research—and Students— Can Teach Us
Two-Eyed Seeing / Indigenous Pedagogy
Maamwi hub - Inspire - Indigenous Pedagogy License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
Blind, M., Jacklin, K., Pitawanakwat, K., Ketcher, D., Lambrou, N., & Warry, W. (2023). Training Indigenous Community Researchers for Community-Based Participatory Ethnographic Dementia Research: A Second-Generation Model. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231202202
Cyr, M., & Riediger, N. (2021). (Re)claiming our bodies using a Two-Eyed Seeing approach: Health-At-Every-Size (HAES®) and Indigenous knowledge. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112(3), 493–497. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00445-9
Rankin, A., Baumann, A., Downey, B., Valaitis, R., Montour, A., Mandy, P., & Bourque Bearskin, D. (2023). Two-Eyed Seeing Application in Research Analysis: An Integrative Review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231197342
Young, J. A. (2023). Safe Havens: Two-Eyed Seeing and the Expression of Self in Music for a Mixed Heritage Student/Refuges : L’approche a double perspective et l’expression de soi en musique chez un eleve d’origine mixte. Canadian Music Educator, 64(4), 43 link
Navajo Nation Water Access
George, C. V., John, B., Hecht, K., Hecht, C., Trevisi, L., Vollmer, L., Bitah, K., Bennett, E., Benally, L., Egge, M., Whitman, R., Tsosie, L., Yazzie, A. S., & Shin, S. S. (2024). Beverage Consumption Patterns Among Navajo Children Aged 2–5 Years. Current Developments in Nutrition, 104493-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104493
Grytdal, S. P., Weatherholtz, R., Esposito, D. H., Campbell, J., Reid, R., Gregoricus, N., Schneeberger, C., Lusk, T. S., Xiao, L., Garrett, N., Bopp, C., Hammitt, L. L., Vinjé, J., Hill, V. R., O’Brien, K. L., & Hall, A. J. (2018). Water quality, availability, and acute gastroenteritis on the Navajo Nation - a pilot case-control study. Journal of Water and Health, 16(6), 1018–1028. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2018.007
Ravisankar, V. A., Seaman, R., Mirchandani, S., Arnold, R. G., & Ela, W. P. (2016). Solar-driven membrane distillation demonstration in Leupp, Arizona. Reviews on Environmental Health, 31(1), 79–83. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2015-0062
Food Deserts
Bao, K. Y., Tong, D., Plane, D. A., & Buechler, S. (2020). Urban food accessibility and diversity: Exploring the role of small non-chain grocers. Applied Geography (Sevenoaks), 125, 102275-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102275
Tong, D., Crosson, C., Zhong, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Optimize urban food production to address food deserts in regions with restricted water access. Landscape and Urban Planning, 202, 103859-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103859
Zhang, Y., Smith, J. P., Tong, D., & Turner II, B. L. (2022). Optimizing the co-benefits of food desert and urban heat mitigation through community garden planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 226, 104488-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104488
Krystal Tsosie - April 18 Webinar Health inequities facing the Native American and Indigenous populations
Lewis, J. E., Arista, N., Pechawis, A., & Kite, S. (2018). Making Kin with the Machines. Journal of Design and Science. https://doi.org/10.21428/bfafd97b
Open Food Facts (https://us.openfoodfacts.org/): A worldwide open source database of nutritional and sustainability information.
Community and Public Health Nursing A Call to Action An OER textbook by VIVA POPS! (Preservation and Open Publishing Space, for VIVA, Virginia's Academic Library Consortium)
Healthy People 2030 US Department of Health and Human Services
RWJF Local Data for Equitable Communities Grant
This call for proposals (CFP) invites eligible nonprofit organizations in the U.S. to apply for a grant to collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place. Improving these conditions is key to achieving health equity where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. Structural racism is one of the leading barriers that results in inequities in conditions within and across communities. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) expects to award up to 30 grants of $50,000 each, with a period of performance of nine months. The Urban Institute, as the national coordinating center for this program, is collaborating with RWJF on program design, grantee support, and communications.