Health & Food Security
Arizona Aids Education and Training Center*
Focus on education for American Indian tribes in Arizona; develop and implement policies to offer AIDS/HIV rapid testing in area hospital ER and OB/GYN departments
American Red Cross
Arizona Aids Policy Alliance *
Reesearch and development of policy for incarcerated persons in the Arizona penal system
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Evaluation focus
Binational Office of Border Health *
Arizona Department of Health
This office assesses health disparities in Arizona/Mexico border communities. Fellows have conducted health assessments and focus groups and began a diabetes study in Douglas and Agua Prieta, Sonora. The agency has worked to develop policy recommendations on binational use of facilities.
Carondelet Foundation*
Work with southside Tucson school projects
Community Food Bank Food Security Center *
3003 S Country Club Rd.
PO 26727 Tucson, AZ 85726
Work with food security issues, nutrition education, gardening, gleaning and more
COMPASS Health*
UA Cooperative Extension - Compadres Project*
Cottonwood de Tucson*
Focus on Navajo youth in rehab
Holy Cross Hospital/Nogales*
Development of employee wellness program
Intermountain Centers for Human Development*
Work with young adults transitioning out of foster care
Mujer Sana ~ Healthy Woman*
AIDS/HIV prevention with women
Native Seeds Search *
Seeks to preserve seed crops related to native cultures.
Pima County Department of Health *
West Nile Virus and Nutrition projects
Pima Prevention Partnership*
Project evaluation; domestic violence prevention report
Pio Decimo Center
Catholic Social Services
Focus on needs of families through education and social services. Working in Greater Barrio Santa Rosa, bordering Rio Nuevo, near Hope VI and City of South Tucson, placements for students involved with needs assessment, program planning for HUD 202 elderly housing project, strategic planning and evaluation.
Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona*
Work with Teen Advisory Group
Senior Companion Project
TIHAN - Tucson Interfaith AIDS/HIV Network
Tucson Birthing Center (now El Rio)*
Work with centering groups
Tucson Medical Center
UA Cooperative Extension Compadres Project*
Sunnyside School District - increasing physical activity in classrooms in five minute increments
UA Zuckerman College of Public Health
Division of Community and Environmental Health*
Program evaluation working with Martin Luther King Senior Center
Mobile Health Clinic *
Vision screening, dental services; prenatal and post-partum care
Office of Rural Health *
UA Rural Health Office at Mariposa Community Health Center in Nogales, evaluating programs for obese women. AHEC grant to assess farmworker health needs in Cochise County.
UA Public Administration and Policy *
Applied Behavioral Health Policy Institute
ASU Phoenix, AZ
Applied Behavioral Health Policy (ABHP) works to make the world a better place for people with behavioral health disabilities. ABHP works with community agencies to identify and implement evidence-based strategies for the treatment of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
UA Department of Risk Management and Safety *
Environmental health research and projects on UA campus.
UMC Cardiac Rehabilitation *
Cardiac rehab services
