Tribal Area Health Education Center will address tribal health care needs, train workforce

Tribal Area Health Education Center will address tribal health care needs, train workforce
The Arizona Area Health Education Center Program is partnering with the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care to develop the new center.
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The new center will host programs that ensure children and youth are exposed to health care professions from an early age and feel empowered to pursue professions that directly impact their own communities.
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University of Arizona Health [e-mail]520-626-7301A new regional health center, developed in part by the University of Arizona, will focus on growing Arizona ' s American Indian health system and its workforce.The  University of Arizona Health Sciences-basedArizona Area Health Education Center Program, also known as AzAHEC, will work with the  Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care to develop the new American Indian Health AHEC Regional Center. The center, dubbedAIH-AHEC, will be dedicated to developing health profession education initiatives and expanding access to health care for tribal communities in Arizona.The new center will be the sixth AHEC Regional Center in Arizona. It is the first in the state...

Source: The University of Arizona: Health - August 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research