Northern Arizona University

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

Diabetes Prevention Education Program and Healing Gardens

The NAU Department of Health Sciences is proud to support the Diabetes Prevention Education and Healing Gardens Program, a grant funded, non-profit organization that supports efforts to address and prevent the diabetes epidemic among Native Peoples in northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico.

The Outreach Programs are located in four (4) sites: Tuba City, Leupp, Flagstaff, and Tohatchi. (Tohatchi, New Mexico is a new site, located approximately 30 miles north of Gallup on the Navajo Nation's Fort Defiance Agency.)

For more information, click here. Contact information:

Healing Gardens Diabetes Prevention Education and Healing Gardens Program P.O. Box 5600 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 Phone: 928.523.0601/ 7874 Fax: 928.523.1600

Community Health Association

The Community Health Association, a student organization, facilitates community health-based interactions between students, faculty and the community. This organization provides a forum for Community Health majors to interact with their peers in a professional and collegial manner. The goal is to help students in the Health Sciences prepare for a career in Community Health, and to help students in Health Sciences gain recognition by established professionals. For more information, click here.

Majors in Action

Students in Health Sciences at NAU get a leg up on their future careers by being involved in real Health Science issues now. Click here to view a few of our majors in action.