Latest News – SEAHEC

SEAHEC Healthy Farms Promotoras on PBS: Providing Health Advocacy to Farm Workers

The community center at Winchester Heights has hosted an exceptional amount of community activity since its inauguration in August, 2018. Residents have built a soccer league, held health and school events conducted fundraising and training events, but now people are ready to take a major step toward independence. Recently, PBS News Hour covered the Healthy Farms team’s activities in Winchester Heights. Continue reading

SEAHEC and Partners Hold 28th Annual EMS on the Border Conference

By sochi Continuing Education, EMS, Latest News

Initiating in 1992, the EMS on the Border conference provides an opportunity for emergency medical personnel including EMTs, Paramedics, ED nurses and others, to earn continuing education credits, while learning about state of the art practice and skills in their field. Continue reading

New UA Primary Care Physician Scholarship Addresses Rural Physician Shortage/Student Debt Relief

By sochi Latest News, Resources

Recruiting health care providers to serve in rural Arizona should soon get easier. In May 2019, the State of Arizona passed an $8 million initiative to support the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. Continue reading

Introducing SEAHEC’s New Border/Binational Program Coordinator

By sochi Border Bi-national Health, Border Service Learning, Latest News

Brenda Olivia Sanchez has come on board as our new Border/Binational Program Coordinator. In 2018 Brenda graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS in Public Health and a BA in Spanish Translation and Interpretation. During her senior year, Brenda came to SEAHEC as an intern from September 2018 to May 2019. In June, 2019, she came on as a new program coordinator. Brenda oversees SEAHEC programs related to health issues and services along the borderlands. Continue reading