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A $4 million award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, will allow researchers in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to identify key factors for the successful implementation of workplace sleep coaching to improve sleep health in Arizona firefighters.
Nearly half of career firefighters report short sleep and poor sleep quality, and about 37% screen positive for sleep disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia. Public health researchers are working to identify key factors for implementing workplace sleep coaching for Arizona firefighters.
A University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in American Indian patients with obesity-related solid tumor cancers who are preparing for surgery.
There has been an uptick in suicides in recent years, but not for everyone.More people of color, particularly Native Americans, have died by suicide, according to the latest data. That trend is not reflected in the suicide rates of white people.