Presentation Description:  Cancer prevention and early detection are central to the American Cancer Society’s mission to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Early detection of cancer through screening reduces mortality from cancers of the colon and rectum, breast, uterine cervix, and lung. Cancer mortality has declined in recent […]

What’s behind the vaccine hesitancy? This presentation will provide an overview of health disparities research and findings. Discussions will focus on how health equity issues interact with social determinants of health, how they help inform decision-making, how and why these issues are important for providing community and workplace services. Presenter: Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D. Director, Office […]

Presentation description: Liver cancers can be prevented by treating the causes before the liver develops scarring of the liver or what is known as cirrhosis. Hepatitis B and C are the known commonly known causes of cirrhosis in the world, until recently. Another condition known as fatty liver disease—also known as metabolic associated fatty liver […]

What’s behind the vaccine hesitancy? Join this week’s webinar to understand why employees may be refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Sabrina Oesterle with Arizona’s Community Engagement Alliance against COVID-19 Disparities shares findings from a statewide focus group research effort conducted by Arizona State University’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. Presenter: Dr. Sabrina Oesterle, Director, Southwest Interdisciplinary […]

Presentation Description:  In this session hosted by Arizona Community Engagement Alliance, we will discuss how to support the mental health of your employees in the workplace. Many are dealing with the death of a loved one, challenges of providing family care, self-care, anxiety, stress, isolation or grief due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenter:  […]

Presentation description: Stigmas, sensitives, fear, and more keep most men from talking about their health, especially prostate cancer symptoms. Let’s break the stigma together and have a conversation about prostate cancer so we can better understand and prevent prostate cancer through early detection. While more men are living with prostate cancer, not knowing if you […]

The first session in our webinar series focused on COVID-19 presented by the Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (AZ CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities Consortium.      For more information, contact Irene Cassidy at: Telephone: (602)-359-4565 E-Mail: info@healthyazworksites.org

Presentation description: This month we are jumping right into a very hot topic – vaccinations. Join Dr. Mircescu with Dignity Health as she answers your common questions about vaccines. Oh, and yes, we will discuss the COVID-19 vaccine, the new Delta variant and more. This topic can be very stressful for many, so let’s reduce […]

On Thursday, June 17th The Healthy Arizona Worksites Program and The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded 121 worksites for their wellness initiatives in their workplace. If you missed it you can view the recording here. For more information, contact Irene Cassidy at: Telephone: (602)-359-4565 E-Mail: info@healthyazworksites.org

Presentation description: Did you know that skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world? How do we find it, treat it, and, most importantly, prevent it? Sign up for this webinar to learn the essentials regarding skin cancers including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Session participants will understand: What are […]